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Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... private companies that are expected to generate strong long-term returns and contribute to at least one of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The fund will target opportunities in North America and Western Europe in sectors like green ...

Demand up for green steel

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... supportive market conditions to support this. More than half (59%) believe effective climate policies are crucial to boost sustainable steel production and that it will positively impact their investment portfolio. Shareholder advocacy and research nonprofit ...

TelstraSuper appoints ESG lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... stationarity strategy adviser at Australia Post and as an environmental analyst at Eurofins. TelstraSuper head of sustainable investing David Humpheys departed the super fund late last year after almost five years in the role. He continues to work in ...

UniSuper sustainable option returns 15.2%

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Sustainable options outperformed default options for the superfund, which has approximately $140 billion in funds under management. Sustainable High Growth and Sustainable Balanced options returned 15.2% and 12.2% respectively. UniSuper's default ...

Prime role for AI in impact decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... research. The offering will help investors identify companies in the climate solutions space that are aligned with sustainable finance taxonomies. Themes include renewable energy and alternative fuels, energy storage and infrastructure, energy efficiency ...

Podcast: Radical super reform for climate change progress with retirement heavyweight Jeremy Cooper

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... corporate watchdog ASIC. Superannuation, with its long-term investment view, necessarily requires a transition to a sustainable economy to safeguard retirements - especially for the many members set to live to the end of the century. And according to ...

TelstraSuper pumps more into renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... this goal. The Quinbrook fund's investment portfolio consists of utility scale solar farms and battery projects, sustainable data centres and Quinbrook's own supernode battery project and sustainable data centre campus, which it launched in 2022 ...

Microsoft makes largest ever offset purchase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... for direct air capture, which is a result of Microsoft's leadership in carbon removal and focus on building a more sustainable future," said Michael Avery, president and general manager of 1PointFive. "A commitment of this magnitude further demonstrates ...

Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... board, having spent 25 years at the Reserve Bank of Australia. His current roles include co-chair of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative Taxonomy Technical Experts Group and adjunct professor at Adelaide University's School of Economics. ...

Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... emissions reduction target seven years ahead of schedule. The sports retailer has now been named one of the world's most sustainable companies by TIME Magazine. and set a new, more ambitious climate target in line with what scientists say is necessary ...