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Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Insurance leaders have reframed the challenge of climate risk as an opportunity, stating that physical risk from climate change is not the biggest challenge to insurance. Finity Consulting principal Rade Musulin and Swiss Reinsurance head of property ...

US regulator slaps US$25m penalty on DWS for greenwashing, AML

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
DWS Investment Management's American operations will pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission US$25 million to settle charges stemming from greenwashing claims and failures to develop an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program for mutual funds it advised. ...

Public-private partnership to tackle VIC housing crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Victoria has proposed a public-private partnership approach to encourage investment and accelerate the construction of high-quality affordable homes in the hope that supply will bring down skyrocketing housing prices. A target of 800,000 homes over ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Although Australian business leaders rank sustainability as being high in their organisational corporate structure, only 35% of businesses have achieved set sustainability targets over the past two years, according to Cognizant. The IT services and ...

Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The passage of the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund means an assured, long-term financing pool to support the development of social and affordable housing in conjunction with private investment. After negotiation in the Senate with crossbench ...

Podcast: Ramping up impact on climate and biodiversity - Ingrid Kukuljan

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, we're talking with Ingrid Kukuljan, the head of impact and sustainability at Federated Hermes. Ingrid is responsible for the construction and management of the portfolios within Federated Hermes' impact and ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
A major independent study has found that every dollar invested in Australian research generates $3.32 in return. An independent report by ACIL Allen shows that research funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) is varied and has a range of economic ...

Bank says fossil fuel exclusions "will bite" in the future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
A growing group of financial institutions from around the world are divesting from fossil fuel companies and projects and becoming certified as fossil-fuel free. This presents a growing challenge as the window of what is considered exposure narrows. ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Collaborative engagement groups like Climate Action 100+ can be important tools for investors and companies to discuss implementation of climate strategies, but investors have to be able to see how a company's commitments lead to real-world decarbonisation. ...

Revenue recycling carbon tax would increase Australia's GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
A carbon tax where cash proceeds are redirected back into the Australian economy would help Australia achieve its emissions reductions goals, and also provide economic benefits. New research to be published in September's issue of the Journal of Cleaner ...