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Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... and will be responsible for working within the investment management team to progress HESTA's responsible investment strategy and broader impact ambitions, HESTA said. Farrant comes to HESTA from Hostplus, where she was head of ESG from February 2020 ...

Wesfarmers taps former Coca-Cola Amatil exec for board role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Berri Limited. Other roles during her career included managing director of regional banking and group general manager strategy at ANZ, and a decade at McKinsey & Company from 1989 to 1999, where she became a partner in 1996. Watkins is also a member ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... argument about ESG factors anymore," she said. Most of the major investment firms and pension funds, it is part of their strategy, and it is engrained into the strategy." Reynolds also noted ESG specialists are becoming critical parts of the investment ...

ASX in running to develop Australian carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
The ASX is one possible contender to develop and operate a carbon exchange that will be administered by the Clean Energy Regulator (CER). The CER invited entities to tender expressions of interest for an online exchange traded market for emissions offsets. ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Point Advisory and a subsidiary of Greening Australia have launched a new business that will deliver nature-based carbon credit projects for business and investors. NatureCo will respond to rapidly growing global demand for high integrity nature-based ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Fund has signed its first superannuation fund investor. NGS Super has invested in the Green Bond Fund as part of its strategy to become carbon neutral by 2030. The Australian Unity Green Bond Fund invests in a combination of green, social and sustainable ...

ASX company signs $1.5bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... linked to achieving the embedded targets that are aligned with the three pillars of the "Ramsay Cares" sustainability strategy - Caring for People, Caring for Planet and Caring for Community. The targets have been designed to drive a more intense focus ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the domestic bond market, and increasingly the focus on the investor engagement piece is around ESG and sustainability strategy," he said. "Case in point we were marketing a transaction last week for an Australian company and we'd say probably 75% of ...

Charter Hall hires group head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability for five years. While at Lendlease, Cole was responsible for developing and integrating the sustainability strategy for $27 billion in funds under management across office, retail, industrial and retirement living sectors. "We are pleased ...

Role of oil and gas in net zero emission future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
The role of gas as a fuel source during the transition to a net zero world economy by 2050 was an issue of sharp debate at a panel during the conference for Australia's leading oil and gas industry group in Perth. Representatives from the Investor Group ...