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Ardea, UTS partnership to bring AI to fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... research partnership with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) that will apply machine learning to areas including climate change and government bond investing. The Ardea + UTS Academic Program spur new academic research, strengthen Ardea's research ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Rest's legal stoush with one of its members over the fund's approach to climate change is pushing ahead, with a trial fast approaching. Rest and Mark McVeigh had a hearing for a dispute on discovery and privilege earlier this week before mediation ...

Global sustainability standards bodies launch shared vision, goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... have joined together to publish a shared vision for what is needed for more comprehensive corporate reporting. CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) ...

FTSE Russell enhances Green Revenues data model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... growing and dynamic green economy." The data model can also be used for a number of regulatory reporting needs, including climate performance against Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) requirements and EU Taxonomy regulation. ...

IGCC CEO appointed to Greater Sydney Commission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Emma Herd, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate change, has been appointed environment commissioner for the Greater Sydney Commission. The Greater Sydney Commission is an independent NSW Government agency leading strategic metropolitan planning. Its ...

Substantial investment needed for sustainable infrastructure: RARE Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... cited International Energy Agency (IEA) statistics stating that in order to lower emissions enough to keep with the UN climate change target to 1.5 -2 degrees of warming, "a baseline case of roughly $1.3 trillion needed to be spent annually on a global ...

AGL launches electric vehicle subscription service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... together this business." The EV subscription model is likely to appeal to customers who are engaged around environmental and climate change issues, and is also a foray into the subscription business model. "What we've seen subscription cars like ...

Responsible investment AUM grows, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 impact consumers ...

U Ethical hires two to investments team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... design and delivery of corporate sustainability strategies and governance, integrated reporting, stakeholder management and climate risk mitigation and adaptation plans. Luchhese has been involved in numerous trans-disciplinary and cross-sectoral initiatives ...

Brambles reports progress on 2020 sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Logistics company Brambles has identified key climate-related themes in its annual reporting - a low-carbon advantage, network resilience, and raw material supply security and continuity. Brambles recently announced underlying profit growth of US$795 ...