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Brookfield raises US$15 billion for global transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... investor in the fund. BGTF is co-headed by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney, who is vice chairman and head of impact at Brookfield, and Connor Teskey, CEO of Brookfield Renewable. The fund focuses on investments to accelerate the global transition ...

Victorian government announces $10m biodiversity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... fund will enable us to respond quickly to emerging threats or opportunities, working with private investors to double the impact of our biodiversity protection work," D'Ambrosio said. "We all need to work together to protect Victoria's most threatened ...

Igneo reports on ESG progress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Infrastructure manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners has reported on its progress towards environmental and social indicators in its 2021 ESG report. Igneo is First Sentier Investors' direct infrastructure business. In March, it became a standalone ...

High modern slavery risk to ASX 300: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... company's modern slavery risk, disclosure and performance in mitigating risk and also where those risks have materialised into impact - through potential involvement in modern slavery controversies or labour rights controversies more generally." According ...

Brambles sets 2040 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Logistics company Brambles has announced that it will achieve its net zero target by 2040, ten years earlier than first pledged. As part of that new deadline, Brambles has set 2030 interim targets approved by the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) ...

HESTA pushes legal alignment to UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... state legislation would provide certainty, said Mary Delahunty, managing director of Seven Advisory and former head of impact at HESTA. "The upholding of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and all national legislation ...

SGCH publishes first impact report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
SGCH, NSW's largest community housing provider, has published its first impact report for investors and other stakeholders and prioritised three Sustainable Development Goals that align to its work. SGCH is a not-for-profit community housing provider ...

Qantas Super in $2bn climate risk mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... influence and engage with companies on ESG issues, excluding tobacco manufacturers from the portfolio, and implementing an Impact Investing Framework in 2020, which "will assist the fund in identifying and investing in assets that can generate a strong ...

Alexis Cheang joins TCorp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... a better opportunity to ensure that robust integration of ESG factors and good investment stewardship have a meaningful impact on our clients' risk-adjusted returns," she said. At Mercer, Cheang was the partner responsible for responsible investment ...

Millennials, Gen X lead impact investing demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Australian millennials and Generation X are leading the rise of impact investing, and overall, men report having a greater understanding of impact investing, according to research from American Century Investments. This is American Century's fifth impact ...