RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested $160 million in a big battery project in Victoria.RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   Investors are increasingly acknowledging climate change as a major risk, but some have not yet incorporated it in investment processes, according to PGIM.

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   The equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations is a human challenge, but it also has implications on investors, companies and operations and supply chains.RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   Investment manager Neuberger Berman has joined an initiative to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the private equity industry.

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   Australia's C-suite executives worry more about climate change as the top risk to growth, beating out COVID-19, according to EY.RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   A leading retail property owner and developer has brought its net zero carbon emissions targets forward by two years and committed to potentially doubling its rooftop solar panel generation as part of the process.

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE   Note: This piece was contributed by Warwick Peel of IdeaScale and Gordon Noble of GNBK, and solely reflect the writers' opinions.RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   Beckon Capital is developing a fund to invest in small and medium-sized businesses that provide financial return and demonstrable social and environmental impact.

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   The financial services industry faces broad exposures to modern slavery and broader human rights risks due to its links to all industries around the world, requiring institutions to take a rigorous and systematic approach to assessing risks, according to KPMG.KARREN VERGARA   Aware Super continues to build its affordable housing portfolio with the addition of a new development in Greater Western Sydney.

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   Not having a strong federal policy on climate change and a pathway to move to zero carbon emissions by 2050 brings continued risk to Australia's economic growth long term, according to the head of one the leading economic think tanks.RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   The total cost of future damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions can be used to estimate a price as a basis for generating climate change policy as well as considering impacts on companies, according to Dimensional Fund Advisors.

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   Pendal Group will establish a global sustainability water and waste strategy and has headhunted two specialists from Fidelity International to run the investment fund.RACHEL ALEMBAKIS   CGI Glass Lewis (CGI) have appointed announces the appointment of Stanley Soosur as country head, Australia and Philip Foo as vice president, APAC research and engagement.