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Positive ESG impact linked to financial performance: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Focusing on listed companies that have stronger performance on sustainability brings positive impacts on the planet and strong financial performance, according to impact investor Melior Investment Management. Melior has published an inaugural Australian ...

Coles signs Queensland renewable energy deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Cain said. Coles is committed to purchasing renewable energy across the country, said Thinus Keeve, Coles chief sustainability, property and export officer. "Long-term agreements like this are a great example of how we are able to reduce our energy costs ...

Wesfarmers director to retire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... no explicitly ESG-linked agenda items on the Wesfarmers AGM, although the annual report discloses work towards sustainability targets across divisions. In March of this year, Commonwealth Bank and Wesfarmers signed a $400 million three-year bilateral ...

Chronos Sustainability appoints Arisa Kishigami

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Specialist sustainability advisory firm Chronos Sustainability has appointed Arisa Kishigami as a specialist advisor on sustainable investment. Based in Tokyo, Kishigami is an experienced sustainability practitioner. She previously worked for FTSE Russell ...

Ardea, UTS partnership to bring AI to fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... focus on applying AI and machine learning to scrape data that would contribute to modelling of green bonds and sustainability bonds. "Sustainability-linked bonds have been in the press lately, but the mechanisms are quite simplistic in their nature," ...

Global sustainability standards bodies launch shared vision, goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Five global organisations responsible for setting sustainability-related frameworks and standards have joined together to publish a shared vision for what is needed for more comprehensive corporate reporting. CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board ...

IGCC CEO appointed to Greater Sydney Commission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... "We must grab every opportunity to re-shape Greater Sydney in a way that delivers good economic, liveability and sustainability outcomes. "The three cities vision remains key to Greater Sydney's future. Our work on economic and innovation precincts ...

Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... months of 2020," the report noted. In July 2020, BetaShares launched a currency-hedged version of its ASX-listed sustainability ETF - the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: HETH). Research from Rainmaker Information ...

Responsible investment AUM grows, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... are fossil fuels (36%), human rights abuses (17%) and armaments (12%). Further, responsible investment AUM using sustainability-themed investing grew from 4% in 2018 to 6% in 2019. The most popular themed investments by AUM are social impact (20%), agriculture ...

U Ethical hires two to investments team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... strategies and decision-making. In her career she has assisted organisations in the design and delivery of corporate sustainability strategies and governance, integrated reporting, stakeholder management and climate risk mitigation and adaptation plans. ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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