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CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has invested $50 million towards a sustainable farming platform aimed at using data-driven practices to make farms more productive and resilient to climate change. The CEFC made the allocation to the Transforming ...

Wayfinding for Ethical Investment

RODGER SPILLER  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... focus on leadership development. In this journey, an expert trusted navigator is key to investors' success An ethical adviser clarifies the journey's purpose, and the investor's principles. They create a clear and realistic plan for achieving ...

Investors assess ESG landscape, client needs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... see that the returns are slightly above what the market delivers," she said. There were a number of questions from the adviser audience at the event asking for guidance in how to conduct conversations with clients around ethical and ESG preferences. ...

Corporate finance execs seeking greater ESG knowledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... change as well." ESG knowledge is "still very tightly held in Australia," Rennie said. "In other technical areas, a senior adviser might have twenty years of relevant experience behind them," Rennie said. "Whereas in Australia, you'd probably be ...

Accounting bodies commit to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Australia's major professional accounting bodies have joined international peers in a net zero greenhouse gas emissions initiative. CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) have today joined 12 other global and national ...

Tightening climate focus on world's biggest emitters: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... that are consistent with the Paris Agreement. South32's AGM is on 29 October. Recently, media reported that proxy adviser Glass Lewis has advised that BHP shareholders vote against the company's climate transition action plan, which was launched ...

La Trobe Financial goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
La Trobe Financial Group has announced it is a carbon neutral business. La Trobe Financial has worked with independent advisers Carbon Neutral to measure emissions activities, using methodologies in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol from the ...

Ratcheting up ambition on climate finance goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... markets. Mark Carney, UN special envoy for climate action and finance and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's finance adviser for COP26, has circulated a private finance strategy to ensure that financial decisions take climate change into account such ...

New ethical fund appoints Equity Trustees as RE

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... distribution at Statewide Super as well as senio r product and distribution roles at VicSuper, Aon and Westpac, and financial adviser Umair Javed. Equity Trustees has been appointed as a responsible entity for for the Ethical Absolute Return Fund. Haven ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Venture capital is pushing further into the impact investing sector, with one VC firm announcing a second impact fund while a second VC firm announces a responsible investment policy. Giant Leap, which pioneered the first impact VC fund in Australia ...