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Clean Energy Finance Corporation turns 10

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's "green bank" has marked its first decade with lifetime investment commitments of $10.76 billion. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has catalysed a total $37.15 billion in investment over the decade in conjunction with institutional ...

Podcast: Democratising climate impact investing with Camille Socquet-Clerc

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, we speak with Camille Socquet-Clerc, founder of Bloom Impact, a new investment app offering retail investors access to climate-related impact investments. Fintech Bloom Impact offers access to a diversified growth ...

RBA warns of climate-related liability risk for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
The Reserve Bank of Australia has identified liability risk as one of the climate risks that businesses that do not sufficiently respond to climate change will face. RBA head of domestic markets Jonathan Kearns spoke at the Credit Law Conference this ...

Companies lag on digital transformation: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
More than a fifth of organisations across a range of industries are not undertaking a digital transformation, despite the rapid acceleration in the use of technology spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governance Institute has found. The Governance ...

Uncovering value in ESG improvers: Pengana

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Investing in companies that are early in improving their ESG performance can be "more powerful" for investment returns than investing in companies which are already considered ESG leaders, according to Pengana Capital. "Securities that transitioned ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Recently passed legislation to reduce carbon emissions 43% by 2030 in law is currently the most prominent example of the Labor government's new action on material ESG issues, but experts tell FS Sustainability that more is being done, even if it's ...

Varying levels of progress on modern slavery: IAST APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
APAC-based companies are at various stages of tackling modern slavery, from those coming to grips with the issue to those who are making progress in finding, fixing and preventing modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. Investors Against ...

HESTA, ISPT invests in medical office development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
HESTA and ISPT have invested $140 million to develop a medical office building in Melbourne, their first direct property acquisition in the healthcare and life sciences sector. ISPT and HESTA as mandate partner will co-develop an on-hospital-campus ...

CEFC, ANZ provide discount finance for SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is allocating up to $200 million with ANZ to provide discounted clean energy finance to business customers. The investment is designed to encourage small to medium-sized (SME) businesses to invest in activities ...

APRA releases climate risk assessment results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Almost 40% of banks, insurers and superannuation funds say climate-related events could have a "material or moderate impact on their direct operations," according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). APRA has published the findings ...