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Investors back climate bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
A range of investors have backed independent MP Zali Steggall draft climate change law in testimony to a parliamentary inquiry. A broad swathe of businesses, conservationist, scientist, health professionals and investors have broadly backed the proposed ...

Industry superannuation fund ESG options surpass $10 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Balanced, launched in 2007, delivering 8.8% in the last year to 31 December and 9.0% p.a over 10 years, and Global Environmental Opportunities, launched in 2012, has delivered 49.7% in the last year to 31 December and 17.5% p.a since inception. UniSuper ...

Sustainability important to future of SME sector: Australia Post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... long term survival, security and competitive advantage. These evolving perceptions are being driven by changing environmental conditions like the Australian bushfires of 2019/2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic. "Many of the businesses we spoke to in the ...

ESG-inclusive commodities set to grow: Xpansiv

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
ESG-inclusive commodities such as carbon offsets and water will see strong growth in 2021, according to exchange Xpansiv. Xpansiv is a commodity marketplace for ESG-inclusive commodity products and price information, and its main business units include ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... the pandemic, it will alter our lives," Fink said. "It has reminded us how the biggest crises, whether medical or environmental, demand a global and ambitious response." Fink's letter particularly noted that data and disclosure of net zero transition ...

Australia to join climate resilience investment initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... adaptation and resilience - no word on mitigation - as a key priority on the next phase of the $149 million National Environmental Science Program (NESP), providing national leadership in climate, threatened species and environmental research. "We are ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... with specific reference to commitments from both sides around the Sustainable Development Goals, climate change, environmental and labour standards, for example. The US could potentially enter into the Trans Pacific Partnership in some form or another ...

Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... rests on five sustainability pillars which roll-up to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - environmental protection, healthcare, education, sustainable living and technological progress. Circular economy is embedded in most of those ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... UK government, which says it intends to issue a Green gilt." Kendall notes that issuance of impact bonds - both environmental and social - lags other markets in Europe such as Spain and Sweden. "As awareness of impact grows, the need to come out with ...

Seeking financial, positive impact in SME investments: Beckon Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... a fund to invest in small and medium-sized businesses that provide financial return and demonstrable social and environmental impact. The focus is on investing in assets that provide sustainability in all senses of the word - financially as well as in ...