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Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... will continue improving efficiencies and reducing emissions across operations, including staff transport and waste management. Last year, Bank Australia also announced that it would cease loans for new fossil fuel cars by 2025. "Our responsible banking ...

Global investors set net zero target, implementation lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and South Africa, representing a total of around USD 27.4 trillion in assets under management. This year, 48% of respondents have set a net zero target, slightly higher than 45% in 2022. A majority - 55% - said they ...

Scentre Group reports sustainability progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... goals for the future. The company currently operates 42 Westfield locations with a total of $51.2 billion assets under management. The company said it is on track to reach its interim 50% emissions reduction target by 2025. The company signed a 100% ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... other asset owners globally with Australian Ethical as one of their key clients, said Brightlight head of investment management Simba Marekera. Brightlight is in the process of developing a gender bond that uses the Orange Bond Principles, and Marekera ...

Embedding mental health wellbeing into company culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... centre mental health and psychological safety in the workplace. The research was commissioned by Ethical Partners Funds Management. The report framed the discussion in the overall state of mental health for young people, noting that one in five people ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability assurance program for the Australian agriculture sector after a successful pilot backed by Warakirri Asset Management among others. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management Standard, which standardises ...

HSBC Australia hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia, HSBC was the sustainability coordinator on nine of the 26 transactions closed in 2022. In 2022, Climate Asset Management, HSBC's dedicated natural capital investment manager formed as a joint venture with climate change investment and advisory ...

Australian Ethical hires CIO, head of impacts and ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... investment officer of the $30 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Theau has more than 30 years of investment management and investment banking experience across Europe and Australia with global organisations including Hastings, Westpac, ABN Amro ...

Resource-efficient companies more resilient: Impax AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... resilient even during more a more challenging macroeconomic backdrop, according to the founder and CEO of Impax Asset Management. Ian Simm was recently in Australia and spoke with FS Sustainability about themes including how EU and UK markets' experience ...

First Super taps IFM Investors for ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the risk of labour rights violations. Factors looked at include strength of frameworks around labour, human capital management and governance, and recent involvement in severe labour rights violations. "IFM are using a number of data sources which identify ...