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CBA expands ESG term deposit to foreign currencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... December 2021, the ESG TD has raised more than AU$1.5 billion in funding, which is linked to CBA's existing sustainability linked loan (SLL) portfolio. The ESG TD product was also recently certified by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

EY partners to deliver Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... Initiative roadmap. The ASFI roadmap consists of 37 recommendations structured around four pillars - embedding sustainability into leadership; integrating sustainability into practice; enabling resilience for all Australians; and building sustainable ...

LGT Crestone hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
LGT Crestone Wealth Management has hired Amanda MacDonald as the head of sustainability. MacDonald reports to Crestone Wealth Management's deputy chief investment officer Kevin Wan Lum. She is tasked with managing Crestone's environmental impact ...

CEFC, Qantas Super back low carbon "enabler" fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... equity portfolios, split equally between the two managers. Qantas Super is taking a whole-of-portfolio approach to sustainability. The net zero goal was announced last year and will be carried out in three phases. This mandate with Calvert and Goldman ...

Australian Ethical, Christian Super confirm merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... and accelerate its ability to implement fee reductions. In February, Australian Ethical CFO Mark Simons told FS Sustainability the company is investing in a continues to invest in its high-growth strategy, which meant that Operating expenses increased ...

ASX 100 chief executive bonuses hit record highs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... fund and used its proxy votes as a way to encourage alignment in short- and long-term executive remuneration with sustainability commitments and decarbonisation targets, said Andrew Maple-Brown, cofounder and managing director of the Global Listed Infrastructure ...

EY calls for "fundamental revisit" of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
The concept of corporate sustainability needs to be fundamentally revisited, according to a new report from EY. Enough: A review of corporate sustainability, in a world running out of time is the first report in EY's Antithesis project, designed "encourage ...

Australian miners top list as critical minerals demand grows: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... executives that have skills in ESG and climate-related reporting, and companies also need to think about where sustainability functions sit, whether as part of a chief sustainability role, or within the chief financial officer's remit, or even all ...

Zurich accelerates net zero commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... Zurich's global operational net zero target has been accelerated from 2050 to 2030, said Zurich head of strategy and sustainability Shaneen Marshall. "We've been carbon neutral since 2014, but carbon neutral and net zero are different, of course," ...

Using blockchain for real-time ESG data: TYMLEZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... footprint, TYMLEZ chose blockchain network Hedera, O'Halloran said. "When we were looking for a blockchain network, sustainability is incredibly important to us," he said. "In picking a blockchain network, we went with the Hedera network, which is ...