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CEFC, CBA finance plastic recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... debt finance package of $33 million, to build the $45 million state-of-the-art recycling facility. Circular Plastics Australia (CPA) will be Australia's largest PET plastic recycling plant and only the second facility of its kind in Australia to process ...

Regulation needs to keep up with the rise of ethical investing: Hejaz Financial Services

HAKAN OZYON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has found that more than $1.1 trillion worth of professionally managed money in Australia is responsibly invested. However, the term 'responsibly invested' is not yet fully understood and is open to interpretation ...

HSBC AM takes stake in women-owned ESG investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... an additional strategic partner to assist with infrastructure and distribution in the US and key markets, including Australia. Ridley and McDonald launched RadiantESG last year and told FS Sustainability at the time that their goal was to find a partner ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... say we'll get another form of credit and BNPL becomes another form of that. It is absolutely a major concern for us. Australia has one of the highest levels of debt in the world and this is adding to it." Afterpay differentiates its product from consumer ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Industry super fund Hostplus has replaced three board members and one alternative director, with one departing director facing a campaign from climate activist group Market Forces. Peter Collins, an independent director, Mark Robertson and Mark Vaile ...

QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The lawyers that represented Mark McVeigh in his landmark case against REST Super have written a letter to QSuper on behalf of two members who want that fund to strengthen its climate change risk management. Equity Generation Lawyers has written to ...

IGCC names new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Mikula-Wright has 20 years' experience in climate change, sustainability and investment banking in Hong Kong, Europe and Australia. She has previously been the director, investor initiative at IGCC, and has held roles at BlackRock, Nomura International ...

IOSCO calls for comparable, reliable ESG reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... standard setter for securities regulation, and is a forum made up securities regulators around the world, including Australia. IOSCO has been engaging with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation on their work to develop a common ...

Investors outline roadmap for mandatory climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Group on Climate Change (IGCC) have outlined a plan to bring mandatory financial disclosure of climate change risks to Australia by the end of four years. IGCC, CDP and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) have issued a roadmap, Confusion ...

Wesfarmers taps former Coca-Cola Amatil exec for board role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... McKinsey & Company from 1989 to 1999, where she became a partner in 1996. Watkins is also a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia Board, a board member of the Business Council of Australia, a non-executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies ...