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Decade-long Santos well leak prompts investor concern

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Santos has admitted that its retired offshore oil and gas field Legendre has been leaking gas for a decade, throwing into doubt investor abilities to meet net zero plans. Methane gas - a greenhouse gas 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide - has ...

Hamilton Lane raises $370m for second impact fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... investments across strategies including buyout, growth, late-stage venture and real assets, with a focus on clean energy, health, and community development. The fund has made a total of nine investments so far, with a focus on technology and innovation ...

Investment opportunities in a changing global food system

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... crop science and farm equipment to advances in packaging, logistics, even alternative agriculture." Opportunities in meat, health, and cold storage The report found investment opportunities in meat production, cold storage and transportation, packaging ...

AI and ESG: risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is already rapidly disrupting various industries, speeding up processes and making fast work of huge amounts of data, and investors and businesses need to analyse the material ESG risks and opportunities of ...

Aust Post launches inaugural sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Roadmap, and in 2019 set its first community strategy to focus on supporting Australian-based social issues across mental health, Indigenous children's literacy and disaster support. Australia Post has committed to reducing scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions ...

It pays to go green: top ETF megatrends for long-term growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... widely accepted. Early adopters: Solar, lithium and battery tech, green metals, carbon credits, telemedicine and digital health, wind energy, cannabis, cleantech, and robotics, were classified as "early adopters" - currently accelerating via word-of-mouth. ...

Giant Leap completes fundraise for second impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... outcome." Giant Leap II will continue to invest in the three themes defined by the group's first fund: sustainable living, health and wellbeing and empowering people, including investments in health tech, climate tech, mental health, education and sustainability. ...

RIAA launches armed conflict toolkit for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... sanctions in an armed conflict situation, it adds complexities and if a company provides and essential service such as food or health supplies, businesses risk exacerbating the problem if they exit suddenly. "If you leave a country, your assets might ...

Assessing the risks of psychosocial safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... the highest risk for psychosocial safety. At the RIAA Conference in Melbourne last week, Rod Gutierrez, vice president of health and hygiene at BHP, defined psychosocial safety as applying a risk lens to psychosocial hazards: "an extension of physical ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... personal wellbeing index (PWI) measures satisfaction across seven aspects of personal life, including standard of living, health, achieving in life, personal relationships, safety, community connectedness, and future security. Low satisfaction with community ...