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Industry superannuation fund ESG options surpass $10 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Energy, Nippon Prologis REIT, Kilroy Realty Corp, Plug Power, Ballard Power Systems, Douglas Emmett, and Mapletree Commercial Trust. "The Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option was launched in 2012 to provide members an option to invest in companies ...

Rio leadership overhaul aimed at restoring trust, license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... operating officer (COO) role, and added a chief executive Australia to the leadership team. Simon Trott, currently chief commercial officer, will become iron ore chief executive; copper and diamonds chief executive Arnaud Soirat will become group COO ...

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 ...

Green loans to finance light rail, battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Two new green loans totalling $400 million have been put in place to support light rail and a battery energy storage system. Canberra's light rail network has refinanced a $280 million debt facility, with Canberra Metro assisted by financial advisors ...

Vellum Funds Management builds property with NDIS units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Vellum Funds Management has broken ground on a $78 million property development in Sydney that will feature a mix of commercial space and residential apartments including 10 NDIS units and a carers unit. Vellum has partnered with Urban Property Group ...

Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... growth and profit growth, and changing strategies accordantly to meet consumer demand," said Steve Hughes, head of commercial banking for HSBC Australia. "Broadly, the Australian public and the Australian consumer, has become much more focused on the ...

AGL, ARENA in $8m electric vehicle charging study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... commercialisation of the orchestration of EV charging by examining the key sources of uncertainty and investment risk such as the commercial model, technology approaches, customer behaviour and market structure, ARENA said. ARENA has previously supported ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... net-zero emissions target for 2050, and green hydrogen is part of that process. Green hydrogen is gas produced for commercial fuel purposes via electrolysers powered by wind-and solar-generated electricity and is part of a recently lunched European Commission's ...

Positive outlook for impact future: Conscious Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... including affordable housing, and environmental infrastructure. "Our typical model is to partner with charities and some commercial enterprises to acquire property that they can manage to make impact," Tominc said. "We really developed it in response ...

Green loans in "nascent" stage: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... New Zealand's power utility Contact Energy, in August 2017 followed by Macquarie Group in mid-2018 and Investa Commercial Property Fund (ICPF) in early 2019. The report notes that other green loans have followed involving major banks, property and ...