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Bank Australia taps NAB executive as chief impact officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... issues, and as an academic. She was also responsible for setting up the Fairtrade labelling system in Australia and New Zealand. Courville has a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Science from ANU, an MSc from the London School of Economics ...

EY launches Net Zero Centre

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... the Net Zero Centre, an end-to-end service hub designed to assist and accelerate the transition of Australian and New Zealand companies to net-zero by 2050. The Net Zero Centre is led by EY PJP partner Blair Comley, formerly the head of the federal Department ...

Using data, reporting to fill in the steps to net zero 2050: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... the portfolio level, according to Scott Bennett, head of quantitative research and client solutions, Australia and New Zealand at Northern Trust Asset Management. "Many of the institutional investors that we speak to have signed up to net zero pledges ...

Munro Partners, GSFM launch climate ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Fund, as well as the Munro Concentrated Global Growth Fund, and the Munro Global Growth Fund in the Australian and New Zealand markets. Launching MCCL as an ETF was an opportunity to add an additional distribution channel, Calvert said. "This product ...

Proxy advisers assess impacts of government reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... submitted its application for the new sublicense on 23 December, Paatsch confirmed. Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia and New Zealand research at Institutional Shareholder Services confirmed that ISS is applying for the new AFSL license as well. Paatsch ...

Proxy advisers criticise new government reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... without advance notice and with compliance expected in under 60 days, said Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia and New Zealand research at Institutional Shareholder Services. "We disagree on the need for any new regulation of proxy advisory firms and ...

New Forests calls for demand and supply integrity on carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... of natural forest conservation, carbon projects, rural land and row-cropping, and timber processing in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States. "The opportunity for voluntary carbon markets is rising," noted Radha Kuppalli, managing ...

Leadership essential in implementing ESG: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... introduction of The EU's SFDR and the Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters) Amendment Bill in New Zealand, which impose mandatory ESG disclosure obligations. The challenge is that data required of asset managers, as part ...

Vestas Wind Systems call for federal support for energy grid transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... energy grid to support the transition to renewable energy, according to the head of Vestas Wind Systems Australia and New Zealand. "Though we've had great success in keeping up the rollout of small-scale and large-scale renewables, that could come ...

FSI unlocks green finance for unlisted infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... targeted investment strategy will be in renewable assets," said Danny Latham, partner and go-head of Australia and New Zealand, unlisted infrastructure investments at FSI. "There is increasing focus, even pre-COP26, that investors have changing views ...