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Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... roundtable meeting on Indonesia's sustainable development goals (SDGs) last month, which was attended by several Indonesian government agencies, the Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) and the Ford Foundation. The proposed Orange bonds aim to support women-focused ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... advocacy in line with the Paris Agreement. The ACCR has now disengaged over concerns the mining giant lobbied the federal government to remove climate change considerations, including emissions estimates, from upcoming environmental legislation. In March ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... capital to businesses that are more adept at managing their climate risk goals. The regulatory deadlines imposed by the government on robust emissions reporting, under the Climate reporting Bill, are looming. Large entities, defined as organisations ...

IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... SAF industry right here in Australia." "Alongside our industry super partners, we have been working closely with the government to identify ways to accelerate investment in Australia's energy transition, and a local SAF industry driven by Australian ...

Aus funds hit by outflows, global gains for passive ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... trend-driven. "However, asset managers still continue to pursue the building up of their ESG capabilities, especially with government regulations and taxonomy guidance coming in." Global picture Hortense Bioy, Morningstar Sustainalytics sustainable investing ...

AustralianSuper, HESTA acquire majority stake in housing developer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... its existing development, operations, and investment management expertise to partner with the development industry, government, and community housing sectors, adding that, alongside AustralianSuper and HESTA, it expects to enable new institutional investor ...

ESG safe from layoffs in tight jobs market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... seekers may be rewarded if they're open to a sea change: Queensland is one to watch for green jobs due to substantial government investment, according to Gvalda.

"Critical decade" for energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... undeliverable" and said the next decade is critical for investing in utility-scale generation, storage, and transmission. The government's Capacity Investment Scheme has attracted significant private investment in renewable projects. But to modernize ...

Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... deputy governor to its board, while Mercer Super has a new chair. Guy Debelle has joined the fund for South Australian government employees, bringing a tremendous depth of experience in financial and economic policy to the Funds SA board, having spent ...

First renewable energy zone to start works

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Roadmap to export electricity to the rest of the National Electricity Market (NEM) network. To gain approval, the state government assigned nearly 100 approval conditions to support rollout. "This is the first REZ Transmission Project in the country ...