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Challenging market weakens ESG-focused fund flows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... companies or to underweight them. The drop in Australasia is attributed entirely to one institutional client at Vanguard Australia that pulled its investment from the firm's ethically conscious funds. Flows into Australasian active sustainable funds ...

Report sounds alarm on data centre climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... University of Technology Sydney's Institute for Sustainable Futures has published IT and Data Centre Sustainability in Australia, covering the insights of more than 100 sustainability managers surveyed in April and May this year. The research cites statistics ...

Demystifying ACCUs: What are carbon credits and how do they work? - Gary Wyatt

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Carbon Credit Units have somewhat been in the firing line recently with the independent Chubb review recommending changes to improve transparency and confidence in the scheme. In this podcast, senior journalist Rose Mary Petrass speaks with ...

The skills shortage delaying net zero: CEDA

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... workers or risk falling behind on the clean energy transition. The report, from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), argues that governments should focus on supporting workers and communities in a just transition rather than subsidising ...

UniSuper invests with NorthStar Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
UniSuper has awarded a $50 million mandate to a specialist impact equities fund manager. UniSuper has appointed NorthStar Impact as a specialist external listed equities manager. NorthStar Impact invests in listed Australian and New Zealand companies ...

Tasmanian cattle producer new chair of Farmers for Climate Action

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Tasmanian cattle producer Brett Hall has been named new chair of Farmers for Climate Action (FCA) following the resignation of Charlie Prell. Hall, a long-time board member, will play a key role in selecting the new CEO at the non-profit which represents ...

APRA strengthens super fund ESG responsibilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... incorporate environmental and social impact objectives in their investment strategies," said PRI policy specialist, Australia, Mayleah House. "Beneficiaries' returns are largely dependent on longer term market-wide performance, which in turn is impacted ...

Untapped talent: Australia missing out on $50b in GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Australia has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disability in the OECD and could add over $50 billion to its GDP by 2050 if it tapped into this talent pool, according to new research from the Business Council of Australia (BCA) and ...

Biodiversity in 2023 and beyond - what should Australian businesses expect?

LOUISE CAMENZULI, PHOEBE WYNN-POPE, JULIA GREEN, KATE GILL-HERDMAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... with the elevation of biodiversity as a critical consideration in planning, development and economic decision making in Australia. COP15 produced an international agreement in December 2022 called the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) which sets a ...

Traditional Owners to lead Pilbara renewables rollout on exclusive native title land

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... called the Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation (YEC), one of the largest Indigenous-led renewable energy initiatives in Australia, that will develop wind, solar, and renewable energy storage projects in Western Australia near to major industrial energy users. ...