Riaa: Sustainability Goes Mainstream

credit: USACE on Flickr

"Greenwashing" is the hot topic at this year's Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA) conference, with topics including climate disclosures, modern slavery, and carbon offsets, Quartz reports.

RIAA co-CEO Estelle Parker says sustainability is "no longer in the side-lines, it's now mainstream, and companies are racing to net zero."

According to RIAA, more than 1,000 attendees are expected to attend the May 1 and 2 event in Sydney, where topics will include "greenwashing, geopolitical risk, climate disclosures, nature positive, modern slavery, carbon offsets workplace culture, and more."

RIAA's new Sustainability Classifications Initiative will be launched at the conference.

"We're really excited to be introducing this to the market to help consumers, financial advisers, platforms, and so on to discern the extent to which sustainability is a desired outcome in investment decision-making amongst RIAA certified products, which are the cream of the crop when it comes to responsible investments in our market," Parker says in a press release.

RIAA also plans to launch the "groundbreaking" Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Investor Toolkit.

"As we follow the rise of AI as a catalyst for rapid and widespread change in society, the toolkit will provide investors

Read the Entire Article

How's Your Community Doing?
Check Out it's
Community Vital Signs

Arizona Nonprofits Eager For Guidance to Address Changing Federal Policies, Asu Report Finds

Arizona State University's Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation conducted a survey.The center received 212 valid responses to its survey of 501(c)(3) organizations headquartered...more

Canada's Next Pm Will Need to Be 'Creative' to Meet Climate Targets, Experts Say

Canada committed to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels in 2021.In 2023, Canada's emissions had only declined by about eight per cent.Experts say reaching the...more

Ai and Remote Sensing Combine For Early, Accurate Crop Mapping

BPUM is a model that combines Bayesian probability theory and artificial intelligence.BPUM achieved crop identification 1 to 2 months earlier than traditional methods with over 94% overall...more

Ark Raises Nearly $24M For Its Low-Concentration Co2 Capture Innovation

With one operational prototype, capturing 2 tons of CO2 annually, the company will work on scaling up capacity to a 40-ton-per-year pilot.An industrial demonstration unit, projected to be able to...more

Solving Cement's Climate Problem

Solving cement's climate problem " Yale Climate Connections."To decarbonize cement, the industry needs a full transformation." "How this NYC factory is trapping CO2 in concrete blocks." "Moss...more

A Call to Find 'Innovative Solutions' For Environmental Challenges

Resilience 365: Catalytic Conversations for the Next 100 Years was held in Coral Gables.The two-day summit explored solutions to the most pressing environmental challenges.South Florida is "the...more

Contradicting Words and Actions

Ohio ranks 42nd and West Virginia is 49th in WalletHub's "Most and Least Innovative States (2025) The District of Columbia, Massachusetts, California, Colorado and Washington state are at the top of...more

Simon and Lou White Win East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards 2025

Simon and Lou White of Ludlow Farms are the East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards supreme winners.This report, based on extensive analysis of the 12,500ha catchment, farmer interviews, and Farm...more

Innovative Approach Needed

Ohio ranks 42nd and West Virginia is 49th in WalletHub's "Most and Least Innovative States (2025)" The most innovative states are especially attractive to people who have majored in science,...more

Local Organizations Win $9 Million For New Affordable Housing, Social Services

Local organizations win $9 million for new affordable housing, social services.Connecticut's Community Investment Fund grants come amid a deluge of cuts to federal funding.The fund was established in...more