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Agriculture sector can contribute to climate solutions: GreenCollar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... according to the Clean Energy Regulator. Vegetation projects make up 515 registered projects. "There's so much innovation in regenerative agricultural space, including changes in herd management, changes in energy usage, changes in crop production ...

Healthcare sector offers investment opportunity: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... year." Looking to the long-term outlook for the healthcare sector, one positive aspect that Li highlighted was the innovation of companies in the sector, which bodes well over the longer horizon. "Innovation in healthcare - look at how quickly companies ...

Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
The transition towards a global circular economy will be a key ESG issue in 2021, according to American Century Investments. Companies must rethink resource consumption, energy usage and manufacturing processes with an aim toward eliminating waste and ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... tied to one of our impact pillars of climate and resource impact, social equity and quality of life or sustainable innovation and productivity. Q: Is it possible to increase impact on social and environmental issues through investing in listed companies ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... year. "Research has shown the positive impacts diverse groups can have on improved decision making, risk oversight, and innovation, as well as how management teams with a critical mass of racial, ethnic, and gender diversity are more likely to generate ...

Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... is the part of the ESG balance where there are "tens of trillions of capital flows," Lees notes. "This is where the innovation is, the growth is, the technological linked Moore's Law margin expansion is," he said. "The flip side of that coin is that ...

Regnan launches global equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... towards companies that meet targets in SDGs 3 - good health and wellbeing, 7 - affordable and clean energy, 9 - industry, innovation and infrastructure, and 11 - sustainable cities and communities. The fund measures the additionality of the impact - ...

Sharp increase in food waste: Rabobank Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... about how do we create more innovative processes to be able to lose less through production, and clearly an increase in innovation and increase from those in the supply chain to consider things like food banks, repurposing of food waste so it doesn't ...

Best ESG super products recognised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... leadership and best superannuation fund product in the annual Money magazine Best of the Best Awards. HESTA was named best innovation for ESG investment leadership, and Best ESG Super Products in the annual awards. HESTA also won Best Balanced Pension ...

AGL, ARENA in $8m electric vehicle charging study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... like batteries under orchestration by FY24, compared with 72 MW now." The trial is being run through AGL Next, AGL's innovation hub, and it will help to determine when to avoid congestion on the grid during times of peak demand by switching EV charging ...