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Perpetual launches active ESG ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... clients," said PAMA group executive Amanda Gillespie. Perpetual will next launch IDEA, an ETF based on the Perpetual Global Innovation Share Fund. "In terms of why we started with GIVE and IDEA, we were thinking about some of the thematics and demands ...

Centre women in product design, COP26: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Putting women into design roles and leadership positions can add value to companies through increased innovation and more inclusive products and services, according to Janus Henderson. Sustainability analyst Amarachi Seery noted that women own 75% of ...

Brighte issues second green asset backed securitisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... market with an uncapped credit rating and demonstrates both the maturity of our business and ongoing capability for innovation." Brighte's second green ABS is securitised by high quality Australian homeowners repaying residential solar and battery installations ...

IFRS announces plan for comprehensive sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability disclosures that are compatible with the financial statements. Establishing the ISSB and building on the innovation and expertise of the CDSB, the Value Reporting Foundation and others will provide the foundations to achieve this goal." ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Africa, we are looking at ways we can bring in pricing of nature and innovations around that that combine philanthropy, innovation and commercial transactions. Secondly, it will embed rural economic opportunities, agriculture and forestry, outgrower ...

CEFC allocates seed capital for lithium production technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... to a company developing new technology to extract lithium for battery production. The CEFC, through the Clean Energy Innovation Fund, has invested in Novalith's $2.5 million seed round. The Australian-based company is developing a new low-carbon sustainable ...

Alphinity highlights sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... with one or more of the 17 SDGs. Alphinity reported that the strongest overall SDG alignments were to SDG9 - industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG3, good health and wellbeing, SDG8, decent work and economic growth, and SDG11, sustainable cities ...

Brisbane firm to build organic waste to biogas system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... management solution that turns organic waste into energy. Finn Biogas received a grant from the Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) which will fund the construction of a renewable energy prototype the company calls the Micro Modular Anaerobic ...

Boral to go net zero by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... five to 10 years plus. That one is maybe beyond 2030 in terms of having a massive impact." Boral operates an internal Innovation Factory, and last year announced that the company and the University of Technology Sydney have formed a five-year partnership ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... environmental sustainability, positive social impact and responsible management, who invest significantly long-term R&D and innovation, and are disciplined in their buying, produce ultimately higher return," Goonan said. In addition to financial diversification ...