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Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Australian businesses risk having to pay an expensive levy to export goods to the European Union based on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions used in making and shipping products. The European Parliament's environment committee recently ...

Clean Energy-based ETF to list on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... offering huge investment potential," said Arian Neiron, managing director and head of Asia Pacific, VanEck, "In an Australian first, investors will soon be able to invest in an ETF of global clean energy and technology companies that are positioned to ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... increase their investments offshore. In September 2013 for every dollar invested by APRA-regulated superannuation funds in Australian listed equity, 70 cents was invested in international-listed equity. Today for every dollar invested in Australian-listed ...

Australian businesses march on with ESG integration: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... with Empathy Global Talent Trends 2021 report, a survey of HR leaders around the world. According to data derived from Australian HR leaders, the bushfire crises, COVID-19, the Black Lives Matters protests and other issues have "spurred a renewed impetus ...

ESG managed fund fees revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Leaders ETF, which had $8849 million in AUM as of September 2020 is the 21 st largest ETF, while the BetaShares Australian Sustainability leaders ETF had $647 million in AUM, making it the 26 th largest ETF. Vanguard's Australian Shares ...

Agriculture sector can contribute to climate solutions: GreenCollar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... $500M Land Restoration Fund (LRF). The approved projects will generate an estimated value of $9.5 million worth of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). The Queensland Government launched the $500 million Land Restoration Fund with the aim of expanding ...

Perennial sustainable small cap fund shows double-digit returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... 'We've seen more opportunities in the last six months than in the six months prior to that," he said. "It's often Australian companies with a focus on technology and sustainable outcomes which have global growth opportunities." Perennial ...

Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... sectors, Pendal said. Pendal plans to launch the strategy in the UK and Europe in the second half of calendar 2021. An Australian product launch is to be confirmed, FS Sustainability understands. "The appointment of Bertrand Lecourt and Saurabh Sharma ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... information that property companies can use when developing their Modern Slavery statements in accordance with the Australian Modern Slavery Act. The platform could be adapted to capture the sort of information that Scentre Group will need under this ...

Investors back climate bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... cited financing infrastructure required to build longer-term resilience and adaptation to climate change impacts for Australian communities. "In our submission, we've pointed out a few improvements, but overall, these proposed laws, if enacted, would ...