Spark Insights

In this episode, Christopher Beattie is joined by Rachel Halpern (JANA Head of Sustainability) to discuss the key takeaways from COP28 and the actions clients should be considering in the near term. Rachel attended COP28 in Dubai alongside JANA CEO Georgie Dudley in December 2023.

Biodiversity continues to receive more attention as we get closer to our climate agreement deadlines and greater recognition that we cannot achieve our climate goals without confronting the current biodiversity crisis.

Nicki Hutley, JANA Sustainability Advisory Council member and Independent Economist & Councillor (economics) for Climate Council, is heading to Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt to attend COP27. Ahead of her travels, she sat down with JANA’s Head of Sustainability, Rachel Halpern, to discuss what to expect from COP27 and the Climate Council's recently released report, ‘G'Day COP27: Australia's Global Climate Reset’.

The carbon credit market an emerging asset class that JANA thinks warrants attention from investors. While the market remains small, it is rapidly maturing and expected to grow substantially as the world seeks to mitigate the effects of climate change. In this article, we explain what carbon credits are and why we expect them to play a growing role in investment portfolios in future.

Greenwashing is a regulatory, litigation and reputational risk that is only increasing in importance. Accusations of greenwashing, and guidance on how to avoid it, are being issued by prosecutors and regulators around the globe with increasing regularity.