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GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Environmental markets project developer and investor GreenCollar has secured funding for a series of carbon farming projects under the Queensland Government's $500M Land Restoration Fund (LRF). The approved projects will generate an estimated value ...

Cbus Super announces net zero portfolio emissions target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has announced they will reduce their absolute carbon emissions by 45% across their portfolio by 2030. The $54 billion industry super fund has announced a new Climate Change Roadmap, under which Cbus will put in place processes to achieve ...

AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... limiting the integration of climate change by companies and the financial sector across Asia, which jeopardises the success of green finance globally. "This is an important wake-up call to the industry," said Stefen Shin, AIIB principal investment officer ...

Why sustainability matters in real estate

CHRIS NUNN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... the community have to play in driving change that delivers positive outcomes. It also explores the financial benefits or "green alpha" that environmentally sustainable buildings can offer for the long term, which is an important consideration in an increasingly ...

Sustainability, fair trade organisations call for equitable COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... required for Australia's COVID-19 recovery. We are in a unique position to use the SDGs as a basis for a socially just and green recovery that creates intergenerational value now and into the future." Policies to support innovation would not only ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited and Pollination Group Holdings Limited have agreed to create a natural capital manager in a venture to mainstream natural capital as an asset class. HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management "aims to offer investors ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Pension funds around the world intend to increase their climate-linked passive allocations over the next three years, according to a survey sponsored by fund manager DWS Group. Sebastian Schiele, head of passive mandates sales, Europe and Asia Pacific ...

GCNA urges government to focus on sustainability in COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
A group of Australian businesses, industry groups, universities and civil society organisations are urging the federal government to "remain focused" on creating a sustainable future while creating policies related to the post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery. ...

Heritage Bank enacts environmental, social, governance policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Now that Heritage Bank has endorsed the ESG policy, the bank will apply it to products and services, including looking at green, social and sustainability bonds and credit products, although Lock said nothing was in development at this time.

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... materials, potentially driving uptake of materials identified in the Federal Government's Technology Investment Roadmap such as green steel, aluminium and cement, and delivering long term benefits to Australia's emissions profile," Learmonth said. The ...