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Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... uncorrelated to other asset classes. "Our experience is that agricultural investments committed to environmental sustainability, positive social impact and responsible management, who invest significantly long-term R&D and innovation, and are disciplined ...

Using the SDGs to develop sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... SDGs, said Georg Kell, founding director, UN Global Compact; Co-Chair, DWS ESG Advisory Board; Speaker, Volkswagen Sustainability Council (GER), speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 Conference. While imperfect, environmental ...

HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... mangroves provide, beyond just their ability to store and sequester carbon," said HSBC Australia head of corporate sustainability, Alpa Bhattacharjee. "We know that for Australia specifically, for example, mangroves contribute to 75% of Australia's ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... to quality education, etc." OneVentures' policy asks portfolio companies to report on ESG metrics using the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) reporting framework, which OneVentures then maps to the relevant SDGs. OneVentures has over ...

NAB launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
NAB will offer sustainability-linked derivatives in Australia, building on products developed in the UK and Europe. The new sustainability-linked derivatives (SLDs) include swaps, cross currency swaps, interest rate and executed alongside sustainability ...

Responsible investment surges past $1tn mark: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... overwhelming majority -89% - of the money that's managed is managed by managers that claim to make some kind of ESG or sustainability claims," Boele said. "We know what the leading practice people are doing, but those that are not doing leading practice ...

New Climate Action 100 engagement to tackle food and beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... supply chain," Richards said. "There is a need to integrate climate action across the company, not just siloed in a sustainability department. That's' true in every company, but for food and beverage companies, it has to be in the procurement process ...

NSW Land Registry Services in $300m sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
NSW Land Registry Services has secured a $300 million Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL) pegged to the development of a Reconciliation Action Plan and other ESG metrics. Additional sustainability metrics focus on greenhouse gas emissions reduction, gender ...

Greenwashing a challenge to sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... the investment perspectives of 750 global institutional investors on the investment landscape, private assets and sustainability. Australian investors were surveyed as part of the sample, with from corporate and public pension plans, insurance companies ...

Santos sued over clean energy, net zero claims

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... market spruiking gas as the solution to climate change, which we know is a huge problem." In a statement to FS Sustainability, a Santos spokesperson said "it would not be appropriate for Santos to comment on matters before the court." Some specific concerns ...