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IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
IFM Investors has partnered with ASX-listed firms GrainCorp and Ampol in a bid to establish the country's fledgling renewable fuels industry. The three organisations committed in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help reduce emissions, starting ...

Olympics flame sparks $10bn pledge to sports equality

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
International development banks pledge $10 billion to promote the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in sports. This comes as the Paris Summer Olympics kick off, with the opening ceremony held on Friday. The inaugural Sport for ...

First Environmental Futures trade on ASX

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Today, the ASX launched trading for three Environmental Futures contracts, pinned as a major step in the development of local carbon markets. Australia and New Zealand's first carbon futures contracts will improve access to carbon markets to allow market ...

NGS names deputy CIO, expands ESG teams

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
NGS Super, the industry super fund with $15 billion in funds under management, has reshuffled its investment leadership and ESG team. Michael Mi has been promoted from head of portfolio construction and quantitative research to the newly created role ...

ESG safe from layoffs in tight jobs market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Amidst mass redundancies, ESG roles remain safe - for now. However, job seekers face fierce competition in an employer-driven market with slow recruitment processes and rampant ghosting. A shortage of ESG pros coupled with keen demand for specialist ...

TelstraSuper appoints ESG lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
TelstraSuper has appointed a new head of ESG who will report directly to chief investment officer Graeme Miller. Priya Patel has officially been promoted to the role after serving in an interim capacity for five months. "With her proven expertise and ...

UniSuper sustainable option returns 15.2%

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Sustainable options outperformed default options for the superfund, which has approximately $140 billion in funds under management. Sustainable High Growth and Sustainable Balanced options returned 15.2% and 12.2% respectively. UniSuper's default ...

Podcast: Radical super reform for climate change progress with retirement heavyweight Jeremy Cooper

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
"The biggest challenge in our lifetime is the global market failure we call climate change" - Jeremy Cooper. Jeremy has a radical idea to shake up Australia's superannuation system for climate change progress. With a wide-ranging career spanning ...

Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Amazon has followed in PUMA's footsteps with the claim they have hit a key environmental target seven years early, without disclosing much detail. Amazon's operational energy supply has achieved a 100% renewable energy "match", the e-retail powerhouse ...

ISO to launch first net zero standards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will develop its first international net zero standard to launch at COP30 in November 2025 in Brazil. The standard will be an expansion of the ISO Net Zero Guidelines launched at COP27. It aims ...