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CEFC invests $1.7 million in Australian agritech company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing $1.7 million in an Australian biotechnology company in the agritech sector. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The Soil Carbon Company (SCC) is "developing a microbial treatment ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) and State Street Global Advisors have joined the Climate Bonds Initiative's Partners Programme. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Partners Programme is designed to support investor and stakeholder ...

First Sentier Investors launch Modern Slavery Toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
First Sentier Investors has launched a Modern Slavery Toolkit designed to assist their investment teams to identify, address and report on instances of Modern Slavery risk in their operations and investments. Kate Turner, responsible investment specialist ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors sees strong demand for climate-aware and ESG themed investment products and solutions, even during tough market conditions. Nathalie Wallace, global head ESG investment strategy. State Street Global Advisors "It is a global ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
A coalition of global environmental NGOs is calling on the largest global insurers to halt insuring new oil and gas expansion projects and phase out insurance for oil and gas companies in order to meet a 1.5C global climate target. Peter Bosshard, global ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure (MBA GLI) has created two new roles, including an ESG analyst position. MBA GLI has hired Georgia Hall has been appointed as ESG analyst and Gitendra Pradhananga as senior research associate. ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Slightly more than a third of Australia's 50 largest superannuation funds disclose their complete proxy voting records, and the number of funds reporting their voting record has increased from 2018-2019, according to the Australasian Centre on Corporate ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Maple-Brown Abbott has hired Emma Pringle as head of ESG in a maternity cover role. Emma Pringle, head of ESG, Maple-Brown Abbott Pringle will provide maternity cover for current head Natasha McKean in the Australian equities team and reporting to chief ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
BetaShares' suite of ethical ETFs has seen nearly $300 million in new inflows for the first five months of 2020 while also showing strong performance through a volatile market. Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares "The pace of growth in our ethical ...

Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The way companies are responding to managing their human capital during COVID-19 can be a way of assessing which companies operate sustainably versus those that do not, according to Lazard Asset Management. Nikita Singhal, global co-head of sustainable ...