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Investors press for swift action in wake of climate report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Investors are pressing for swift action on climate change after a landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that has been labelled a "code red for humanity." The IPCC has released Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science ...

IPCC report highlights need for urgent action in Australia: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Against the backdrop of a landmark report into the physical impacts of climate change, one expert suggests that Australia's existing policy settings can be updated to a cap-and-trade systems to meet the challenge. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

Bank launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability-linked bond (SLB) processes. ANZ's sustainability-linked derivatives (SLDs) will initially be sold in in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, but the bank plans to plans to launch this product in other major financial markets later ...

Women make strides on ASX300 boards, but cultural diversity lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... companies has risen by 60% in the past five years, but cultural diversity has not kept pace. The Governance Institute of Australia and Watermark Search International have released the Board Diversity Index, which measures five types of diversity on boards ...

Setting ESG targets a "first mover advantage" for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... team, and Emily Whelan, ESG advisory sales, UBS, recently discussed the state ESG action and disclosure. "Corporate Australia on the whole has been overly conservative on ESG for a long time," Carrel said. "Directors insisted they don't want to be ...

Investor consortium completes Tilt Renewables deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... renewable energy will allow our clients to capitalise on the strong forecast demand for sustainable energy generation in Australia. "PowAR has already established itself as a successful renewable energy owner and operator, and with the strategic addition ...

Crescent Wealth announces new shareholder, board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Crescent Wealth have announced a number of director changes as the head of one of Australia's largest privately owned companies takes a material shareholding in the company. Peregrine Corporation managing director Charlie Shahin has taken a stake in ...

Climate friendly super choice could halve emissions: Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... would collectively result in a carbon footprint reduction that is equal to half the household emissions across all of Australia." Investing the country's $3 trillion pool of super in a climate friendly fund was equivalent "to a lower carbon footprint ...

ASI launches APAC sustainability institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... investment solutions for its clients," ASI said. Currently, ASI has five dedicated ESG experts based in Singapore and Australia. The institute will further augment this existing team. The Sustainability Institute will be led by Danielle Welsh-Rose, ESG ...

Compliance risk to new waste, recycling laws

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... government support for reuse and resource recovery products as part of their commitment to improving the circular economy in Australia. "Not only is the government providing funding for reuse, they're also doing their best to be the purchaser of ...