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Cost of no climate action to hit Australian economy: Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... from climate change and an unplanned economic transition, according to Deloitte Access Economics. Australia's agriculture, construction, manufacturing, tourism related industries and mining sectors are exposed to climate change and an unruly economic ...

BetaShares to launch ethical diversified ETFs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... decided to close AMP Capital's three funds, GLIN, RENT and DMKT. BetaShares has also decided to close its BetaShares Agriculture ETF - Currency Hedged (synthetic) (ASX: QAG), and BetaShares Commodities Basket ETF - Currency Hedged (synthetic) (ASX: QCB). ...

Credit strategy links financial return to social, environmental impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... the change they are driving across renewable energy, low carbon transport, waste, access to education, sustainable agriculture and social and affordable housing." This can require a great deal of scrutiny, examining each bond for level and depth of disclosure ...

Responsible investment AUM grows, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... investing grew from 4% in 2018 to 6% in 2019. The most popular themed investments by AUM are social impact (20%), agriculture (13%) and climate change (10%). "What you're still seeing there is a little bit of a slight mismatch between the positive ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... capital provides exposure to projects focused on nature including sustainable forestry, regenerative and sustainable agriculture, water supply, blue carbon (carbon captured by oceans and coastal ecosystems), nature based bio-fuels, or nature based projects ...

Climate, modern slavery areas of engagement: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... some of the activities and initiative s that the company has proactively done sets about addressing the challenges in agriculture and we wanted to highlight that as well."

Local Government Super certified carbon neutral by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... They also raise living standards through clean water and solar energy as well as introducing innovations into local agriculture." LGS' head office is situated at 28 Margaret Street Sydney and is part of LGS' property portfolio. Last year, LGS's direct ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... investors." The majority of impact investment products as at 31 December 2019 goes towards conservation, environment and agriculture ($16.8 billion or 84%), followed by multiple outcomes ($1.8 billion or 9%), and housing and local amenity ($766 million ...

Future Business Council to close, join BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... sectors and including within that Australia being seen as a leader in innovation, in more traditional sectors like agriculture and financial services as well," Kent added.

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... unions spoke with The Sustainability Report regarding their concerns for employees in industries including apparel, agriculture, cleaning and security, both here in Australia and internationally. In the immediate response to the coronavirus, companies ...