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CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
The Climate Change Authority (CCA) has released its Climate Policy Toolkit for Australia, which includes recommendations for creating investable policies which support the transition to a net zero emissions economy by 2050. Emma Herd, chief executive ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... being a finance-first impact investor," he said. "Our impact analysis begins by trying to define the key social and environmental impacts that are being generated by the company and to evaluate the alignment of the company's activities with those targeted ...

Teachers Mutual Bank's certified responsible products hit $1.17 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... norms say no go - Protects and/or mitigates the negative impact of the activities to which it lends (e.g. social, environmental) or has a program of environmental and social activities to enhance or complement the lending product - Has responsible lending ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Wesfarmers have signed a $400 million three-year bilateral sustainability-linked loan which will link social and environmental outcomes to the cost of finance. Andrew Hinchliff, CBA group executive for institutional banking and markets The new sustainability-linked ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Platform provider Praemium has "significantly enhanced" its approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) by adding the Australian Ethical Australian Shares Portfolio to the Praemium SMA and providing ESG research from Sustainalytics. Damian ...

KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia has acquired Action Sustainability Asia Pacific, a boutique consultancy specialising specialises in social and environmental sustainability advisory services. Staff of Action Sustainability Asia Pacific The boutique consultancy is a leader ...

Australians accept climate science, but don't link to ethical super: Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... week of February 2020. According to the report, 71% of respondents would like more information about the social, environmental or ethical impacts of how their money is invested by super funds and 70% think super funds have a duty to consider environmental ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Companies are increasingly adopting a "profit with purpose" mindset and investors should be aware of relevant environmental, social and governance (ESG) information as part of their investment process, according to global fund manager PGIM. Taimur Hyat ...

Calix outlines case for carbon capture and storage in cement and lime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... consortium of some of the world's largest cement, lime, and engineering companies, as well as leading research and environmental institutions. Calix is piloting its patented kiln, which produces mineral honeycomb, which are very highly active minerals ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
J. P. Morgan Asset Management is developing a proprietary environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring framework as part of a range of initiatives to enhance its investment stewardship process. Jennifer Wu, Global head of sustainable investing ...