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Investment consultant creates head of sustainability role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
A leading Australian investment consulting firm is recruiting to fill the newly created role of head of sustainability. JANA is currently in the process of hiring a head of sustainability to join its team and work with the responsible investment team ...

Mars Australia shifts to 100% renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... responsibility - and opportunity - to improve our impact on the planet," said Kevin Rabinovitch, Mars global VP sustainability. "Australia is important to Mars, and our switch to 100% renewable electricity locally supports Mars' global transformation ...

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... intensity by 7% and achieve five-year cumulative carbon reduction targets. The portfolios also include green bonds, sustainability-linked bonds and transition bonds. "A number of green bonds have been issued as of 2019, but the rest of climate risk premia ...

APA Group sets net zero targets for emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Pipeline in Western Australia into Australia's first 100 per cent hydrogen-ready transmission pipeline. In their 2020 sustainability report, APA Group reported an increase of 1.5% in Scope 1 and 2 emissions in the 2019 financial year - emissions that ...

Coca-Cola Amatil sets net zero carbon targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Coca-Cola Amatil has set a net zero carbon emissions target by 2040 as part of a broader set of sustainability targets. Amatil has announced 10 objectives in its 2020-2040 Sustainability Ambitions commitments, focusing actions across four areas - water ...

BetaShares to launch climate change innovation ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
BetaShares will launch another sustainability-linked ETF on the ASX. The BetaShares Climate Change Innovation ETF (ERTH) is designed to provide investors with exposure to global companies "at the forefront of tackling today's climate and environmental ...

ESG part of financial sustainability of infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are part of calculating long term financial sustainability of infrastructure investments, according to ClearBridge Investments. ClearBridge, which was known as RARE Infrastructure until earlier ...

Australian businesses march on with ESG integration: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia has been seen as a good and compliant user of ESG norms, but there is that whole piece around looking at sustainability beyond ESG and take in the whole gamut and say as an organisation, how are we positioned and what is our response, and how ...

ESG managed fund fees revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... management. Two of BetaShares' ESG ETFs appear in the list of the top 30 ETFs by AUM - the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF, which had $8849 million in AUM as of September 2020 is the 21 st largest ETF, while the BetaShares Australian ...

Agriculture sector can contribute to climate solutions: GreenCollar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... increased revenue and farm gate receipts, and this is the most important thing I think from the development of sustainability in rural communities. There's a huge amount of innovation going on. You want to learn about a potential climate change adaption ...