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Australia "woefully unprepared": Australian Climate Roundtable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... and will escalate over time. It is in Australia's national interest that we do all we can to contribute to successful global action to minimise further temperature rises and take action to manage the changes we can't avoid." The group has made ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... performance in this area and how we can more effectively advocate for legislative and regulatory change," Blakey said. "Global investors like HESTA are concerned that engagement with Traditional Owners is well managed wherever companies operate. Through ...

Investing in healthcare yields financial, social returns: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... financial return, but also returns linked to positive impacts aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals, according to global fund manager American Century Investments. The American Century Health Care Impact Equity fund, managed by Michael Li, seeks ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited and Pollination Group Holdings Limited have agreed to create a natural capital manager in a venture to mainstream natural capital as an asset class. HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management "aims to offer investors ...

CFA Institute developing disclosure standards for ESG products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Lisa Carroll, chief executive officer of the CFA Societies Australia. "The aim of this project is to develop a voluntary, global industry standard to establish disclosure standards for investment products with ESG related features, to bring about greater ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Walk Free, an initiative of the Minderoo Foundation, have launched a toolkit to help business and investors take action to improve human rights standards in their supply chains and combat forced labour, human trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. ...

Australian business environment amongst world's most resilient: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... to a number of risks, including cyber risk, oil intensity and corporate governance, according to commercial insurer FM Global. Lynette Schultheis, operations manager, FM Global Australia FM Global provides an annual assessment of nearly 130 countries ...

ACCR files resolutions with BHP, AGL for AGM votes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... coal-fired power stations. This resolution is based on AGL's FY2020 scenario analysis which shows that in order to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, AGL would have to close its three remaining coal-fired power stations by approximately ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... critical component, and Rajan cited the success of Climate Action 100+ as an example. "Not only do we want to make sure that global reliance on fossil fuels is reduced, we also want to ensure that the global reliance on other sources of renewable energy ...

GCNA urges government to focus on sustainability in COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery. Kylie Porter, GCNA executive director The 48 signatories to a letter coordinated by the UN Global Compact Network Australia (UN GCNA) called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to use the United Nations Sustainable Development ...