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Cleanaway publishes first sustainability report after engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Australia's largest waste management company has released its first stand-alone sustainability report. Cleanaway's first separate sustainability report was the culmination of a process of engagement with shareholders as well as internal discussion ...

Waste and recycling legislation to foster circular economy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... developing a circular economy will bring opportunity for Australia, said Terence Jeyaretnam, EY climate change and sustainability partner. "We need to reduce contamination, we need improve recyclability and add value to commodities and deal with it in ...

ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... the past one and three years to August 2020, according to research from Rainmaker Information. BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) has shown a return of 27.9% over the past 12 months to the end of August, and returned 23.5% pa over the ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... actual reduction in pollutants entering the reef. "Our purchase of Reef Credits is another first for HSBC in the sustainability space and acknowledgement of both the environmental and economic value of the Great Barrier Reef to Australia," said Hamish ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... it will have to be part of the solution to reach the EU's decarbonisation target, according to Mark Lewis, chief sustainability strategist at BNP Paribas Asset Management. For that to happen, European carbon allowances (EUAs) will have to "reach the ...

Medibank issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Private health insurer Medibank has issued its first sustainability report, providing analysis on key stakeholders, and mapping their activities to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Medibank identified customer health, employee health, community ...

TCorp NSW issues $1.3 billion green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... reported. The bond has a 1.25% coupon. "The Green Bond attracted 68 investors, surpassing our previous Green and Sustainability bonds," said Fiona Trigona, head of funding and balance sheet. "We continue to attract new investors, both domestically and ...

RIAA adviser guide aims at education in ESG space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... in a recent webinar. "I fundamentally think it's a very confusing space," said Jessie Pettigrew, senior manager, sustainability at BT. "... It's really hard to translate that to an end investor. That's the real opportunity for us as a platform provider ...

Regulator appoints first head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... October, according to an APRA spokesperson. He comes to APRA from EY, where he was a director in the climate and sustainability practice, working for public and private sector clients on climate risk, renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable ...

Zenith creates ESG framework for fund classification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Zenith said. "There are thousands of ESG indices in the market, a myriad of factor that relate across climate, sustainability, governance, ethics. From an investor's perspective, the question is then how do they find an investment that represents ...