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AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... S&P/Trucost, and has made significant progress in reducing its carbon intensity by 44%, director of ESG and stewardship Andrew Gray said. The super fund's Australian and international share portfolios have emitted 44% less carbon than the market ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... survey is global, but Australian companies - both listed and private - are encouraged to participate in the survey, said Andrew Petersen, CEO of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA). "There have been a number of calls for ...

Super fund axes AMP Capital mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Group's Sustainable Balanced Fund. In a statement to sister publication Financial Standard, legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl said: "legalsuper has advised members of our decision to terminate our $40 million investment in AMP Capital's ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... In Australia, Nuveen has seen an uptick in interest from investors after a slow first and second quarter of 2020, noted Andrew Kleinig, Managing Director and Head of Australasia of Nuveen. Kleinig noted that there has been interest from faith and mission-based ...

COVID-19 risks and impacts disclosure "unprecedented challenge": AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... auditors will be dealing with difficult issues around solvency, going concern and in areas like asset impairment," said Andrew Hunter, CPA Australia CEO. "This guide does not seek to replace the material issued by the regulators and standard setters ...

Consortium participants identify impact characteristics of AAP investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... will be repaid." As part of the transaction, AAP will set up an Industry Advisory Emma Cowdroy is the CEO of the new AAP, Andrew Drummond will be editor, and Harrington will come on as head of strategy and development.

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... management firm. The appointments reflect the growth in the business as well as the increasing focus on ESG considerations, said Andrew Maple-Brown, co-founder and managing director of MBA GLI. "ESG has always played an important role in the MBA GLI ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... value is completely disrupted, the focus on long term value creation embedded in sustainable strategies is essential, said Andrew Petersen, chief executive officer, Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSD Australia) "Even those who ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... three-year bilateral sustainability-linked loan which will link social and environmental outcomes to the cost of finance. Andrew Hinchliff, CBA group executive for institutional banking and markets The new sustainability-linked loan transforms an existing ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... this means for action going forward will be shaped by legal, fiduciary and reputational and social license obligations. Andrew Petersen, CEO of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSD Australia) likened the bushfire crisis to ...