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QIC taps resilience skills

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... and resilience specialist team focusing on the forces that will bring sweeping change to the investment market. The transition to a low-carbon economy which, when layered with physical climate risk, cyber threats, and geopolitical tensions, demands a ...

PEP rides ESG tailwinds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... increasingly sourcing environmentally friendly packaging. In addition, companies which will benefit from the decarbonisation transition," Rosie Johnson, director of ESG said. "ESG factors may affect, positively or negatively, the businesses in which ...

ESG safe from layoffs in tight jobs market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... recent years - especially for women. However, recent redundancies have touched nearly every sector - including energy transition units at Fortescue, Siemens Energy, Shell, Barclays, Beach Energy, SunPower, Lion Electric, and Tesla. Thankfully, the "massive ...

RIAA warns against carbon capture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
A group of over 500 investors cautions investors and companies against gambling their transition plans on unproven and unscaled technology, as the Senate recommends a ban on carbon capture and storage (CCS). This comes as a host of players ramp up their ...

Demand up for green steel

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... investors (81%) agree that green steel cannot be produced using fossil fuel energy. Most are hedging their bets on a transition away from metallurgical coal in steelmaking (68%), and believe metallurgical coal's risk profile will increase in the next ...

"Critical decade" for energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... stations pose a risk, and more renewables will ensure grid reliability. Bowen also emphasized the role of the energy transition in reducing Indigenous disadvantage. For example, the East Kimberley Clean Energy Project, a 900-megawatt solar farm and a ...

Podcast: Radical super reform for climate change progress with retirement heavyweight Jeremy Cooper

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... deputy chair of the corporate watchdog ASIC. Superannuation, with its long-term investment view, necessarily requires a transition to a sustainable economy to safeguard retirements - especially for the many members set to live to the end of the century. ...

Banks to refund millions following ASIC review

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... financial system. "Banks need to ensure they have systems and processes in place so customers on low incomes can easily transition to low-fee accounts, regardless of their location. "We expect all banks - not just those we reviewed for this report - ...

TelstraSuper pumps more into renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... investment officer Graeme Miller said the fund is excited to be investing in infrastructure that might assist the energy transition. "As the adoption of AI accelerates, we expect so too will the need for sustainable data centres to support the flow of ...

Robeco expands transition strategy with new funds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The international asset manager is following through on its commitment towards sustainability integration and transition finance. Robeco has launched two new funds to advance the sustainable transition, focused on emerging economies in Asia. US$125 ...