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ARENA to provide finance for pumped hydro facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... project will be co-located with the existing 50 MW solar farm, and will be the first pumped hydro plant to be built in Australia since 1984, and the first to be used specifically to support the integration of variable renewable energy generation from ...

Women near parity in 2021 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... know that a shortage of qualified, board-ready women has never been the problem," said Nicola Wakefield Evans, 30% Club Australia chair. "One of the most significant barriers to women's progression to boards has been unconscious bias in recruitment practices ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... attempting to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement," said Louise Lew, head of sustainable investment - Australia, Willis Towers Watson. "This means starting with current emission levels, approximately halving those levels by 2030 and reaching ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... acted as the sole sustainability structurer on the deal, while Westpac, Royal Bank of Canada and Commonwealth Bank of Australia have been appointed as joint mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners. The global SLL market has grown significantly since ...

Diversity, human rights, climate change lead agenda: ASI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... diversity and inclusion expectation statement that's applied to Australian companies during engagement and voting. ASI Australia is an active participant in 40:40 Vision, with Managing Director Brett Jollie on the 40:40 Vision steering committee ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... have also worked in collaborative advocacy with peak bodies like PRI and RIAA (Responsible Investment Association of Australia), and governments and regulators on initiatives of international relevance and concern." Ausbil identified modern slavery ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... particular product, we took in mind a few things," said Daniel Cheever, head of State Street Institutional Services in Australia. "One is that there are a number of rating and scoring companies across the investment universe. Another is we wanted to ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... manager search," said Frithjof van Zyp, Senior Director of bfinance's Australian office. "As more and more investors in Australia commit to net zero carbon emission by 2050, we expect the interest in renewables will only accelerate in order to meet stated ...

Wholesale managed funds continue strong performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
The median ESG wholesale managed fund has returned 6.6% p.a. over the past three years, but the top ESG managed fund has shown nearly three times that return, according to research from Rainmaker Information. The Australian Ethical Emerging Companies ...

New to market investors seeking ESG information from platforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Investment Trends' 2020 2H Online Investing Report. At the end of 2020, the number of active retail online investors in Australia reached a new high of 1.25 million. Over the last 12 months, 435,000 Australians began trading listed investments for ...