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Climate change to bring more frequent, intense weather: IAG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... weather events alone, including the summer bushfires, the South East Queensland hailstorms in November, hailstorms across NSW, ACT and VIC in January, and storms across the east coast in February. "On the back of the season we've just had, with the ...

Ardea, UTS partnership to bring AI to fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Fixed income specialist Ardea Investment Management has launched a new research partnership with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) that will apply machine learning to areas including climate change and government bond investing. The Ardea + ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... against Rest's trustee alleges that he has a right to certain information pursuant to section 1017C of the Corporations Act. The information McVeigh is interested in particularly relates to the impacts climate change could have on his retirement ...

Global sustainability standards bodies launch shared vision, goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Five global organisations responsible for setting sustainability-related frameworks and standards have joined together to publish a shared vision for what is needed for more comprehensive corporate reporting. CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board ...

IGCC CEO appointed to Greater Sydney Commission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Tourism and Western Sydney. It will continue to perform its statutory functions as required by the Greater Sydney Commission Act, such as providing independent advice to government and coordinating implementation of the Greater Sydney Region Plan. "Greater ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Chief executive of Rio Tinto, Jean-Sebastien Jacques, will step down following pressure from investors and indigenous leaders over the destruction of the Juukan Gorge in May. Rio Tinto said the decision was made following the board review of the company's ...

Company secretaries weigh challenges, opportunities of virtual AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Planning and running a virtual AGM is a dramatically different experience from running a live event, and company preparing for forthcoming virtual and hybrid AGMs in the next few months should draw on the experience of those companies who went through ...

Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Australian passive sustainable funds stand at $3.6 billion, but launches of passive sustainable funds have slowed after a peak in 2018, according to research from Morningstar. Morningstar tracked the growth of sustainable passive funds, that as of June ...

Australian Ethical sees further growth for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment is at the "early stage" of benefiting from the growth in demand for ethical products, and expects further growth even as the company recently announced record profits for the 2020 financial year. Australian Ethical reported ...

CEFC backs project to bring Tesla Powerwall to SA social housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia's VPP (SA VPP), which will bring together a centrally controlled group of solar-powered, battery-backed homes to act as a single "power plant", with the ability to send excess lower cost renewable energy to the grid. Housing SA tenants who ...