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Agriculture sector can contribute to climate solutions: GreenCollar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... $500M Land Restoration Fund (LRF). The approved projects will generate an estimated value of $9.5 million worth of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). The Queensland Government launched the $500 million Land Restoration Fund with the aim of expanding ...

Perennial sustainable small cap fund shows double-digit returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... 'We've seen more opportunities in the last six months than in the six months prior to that," he said. "It's often Australian companies with a focus on technology and sustainable outcomes which have global growth opportunities." Perennial ...

Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... sectors, Pendal said. Pendal plans to launch the strategy in the UK and Europe in the second half of calendar 2021. An Australian product launch is to be confirmed, FS Sustainability understands. "The appointment of Bertrand Lecourt and Saurabh Sharma ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... information that property companies can use when developing their Modern Slavery statements in accordance with the Australian Modern Slavery Act. The platform could be adapted to capture the sort of information that Scentre Group will need under this ...

Investors back climate bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... cited financing infrastructure required to build longer-term resilience and adaptation to climate change impacts for Australian communities. "In our submission, we've pointed out a few improvements, but overall, these proposed laws, if enacted, would ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Note: This piece was contributed by Jacki Johnson and Simon O'Connor, co-chairs of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative and solely reflect the writers' opinion Many will opine on the lessons learnt from 2020, but the seismic shifts ...

CGI Glass Lewis makes appointments for Australia, APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... research teams that cover the APAC region. Foo will also continue to hold market responsibility for CGI Glass Lewis' Australian and New Zealand research, a continuation of a role he has had for the past two years as CGI Glass Lewis' director of research. ...

Rio leadership overhaul aimed at restoring trust, license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia report, Never Again, found missteps by Rio Tinto, the Australian federal government, the Western Australian government, the PKKP's legal representatives and were let down by native title ...

Sustainability important to future of SME sector: Australia Post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... and competitive advantage. These evolving perceptions are being driven by changing environmental conditions like the Australian bushfires of 2019/2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic. "Many of the businesses we spoke to in the research made the point that ...

Climate Action 100+ aviation engagement takes off

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Climate Action 100+ noting it accounts for around 2.5% of global carbon dioxides from fossil fuel use. Qantas is the only Australian company to appear in the aviation sector strategy, and it is an existing part of the Climate Action 100+ engagement target ...