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Climate transition a business opportunity: Geoff Summerhayes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Climate-related business and investment decisions are shifting from risk to capturing new opportunities, according to former APRA executive board member Geoff Summerhayes. Climate change is moving from an issue of a "hygiene factor" to a question of ...

Wealth managers under pressure on returns, ESG: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... around," Hicks said. "It will also become vital for wealth managers to offer customers a hybrid of advice and self-serve digital channels that enable an 'anytime, anywhere' advice service." Personal preferences, ESG demands and lifespan goals require ...

Forrest reiterates call for net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... while announcing ambitious plans to produce green hydrogen through Fortescue Metals. Forrest spoke at Clean Energy Council digital event announcing their new public campaign, Renewable Energy is Here Now. Forrest spoke to the future of green hydrogen ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... charge. BNPL allows consumers to make purchases pay down the cost through a set series of instalments - lay-by for the digital era. Proponents say that it can be used as a budgeting tool for people to plan their purchases. Yet financial counsellors note ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Neuberger Berman has announced the final close of a private equity impact fund that raised $280 million from investors, including Australian superannuation funds. The NB Private Equity Impact Fund invests in direct and fund investments that seek to ...

New CEO search underway for IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... to build our team and expertise in the financial services segment," Dabbs says. Herd spoke at FS Sustainability 's digital roundtable on the future of sustainable investment late last year, noting that because Australian institutional investors own ...

Local pick-up a key to reducing emissions in e-commerce: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... last-mile has never been greater," Rouhani said. "Organisations with innovative local fulfilment strategies and that lead in digital adoption and sustainable business practices will become tomorrow's industry leaders." In late 2020 Accenture and ...

Global digitalisation impacting environmental, social factors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... not the future we imagine, but last year, we had the lowest carbon emissions increase on record, while acceleration in digital investment increased significantly last year." "Increased digitalisation can go hand in hand with decarbonisation." Janus Henderson ...

C-suite executives cite climate as top risk to growth: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... utilities as areas of heightened activities. This also goes to the thinking about technological disruption, Larocca added. "Digital transformation had a future-proofing investment thesis, and COVID-19 turned this on the head in that 90% have turned the ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... was cruel to society and harsh for our economy, it also had its benefits - organisations and government agencies went digital overnight, and most say we leapfrogged five to ten years in digital transformation and technology adoption. During 2020, when ...

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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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