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Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... traction as part of overall sustainable bond issuance, the Orange Bond Principles are seeking to catalyse investment in gender-led bond issuance in a similar pathway to initiatives that have driven green and sustainability-linked bond demand. The Orange ...

Women-led founders, climate tech grow VC impact sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Women-led impact startups constituted a quarter of the venture capital opportunities reviewed by Giant Leap in 2022, a higher percentage than the broader VC ecosystem. VC impact investor Giant Leap released its second Impact Startups Benchmark Report ...

Aviva Investors creates head of climate policy role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the UK's transition towards a competitive, resource efficient and net zero emissions economy. At the Aldersgate Group, Molho led the overall strategic direction, work programme and policy advocacy activities for the last eight years. "Nick is a hugely ...

Podcast: Stewardship and ESG Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... HESTA where she was senior responsible investment adviser. During her time at there, she founded 40:40 Vision, an investor led initiative to drive gender diversity in the C-suite of ASX listed companies.

Activist investor launches Santos campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... all stakeholders, and substantially improve the company's alignment with the energy transition. "Mr Gallagher originally led a successful turnaround at Santos based on many of the same principles that we are arguing for today; namely capital discipline," ...

Podcast: What's next for green bonds?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... environmental economist David McNeil to talk about the outlook for green bonds in 2023, plus how being an environmental economist led him to his current job. Evaluating climate risk in corporate bond portfolios is a key area of focus for for the fixed ...

More greenwashing investigations ahead: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... whole, has a sufficient tendency to lead a person into error, and an "ordinary or reasonable" person would be likely to be led into error by the representation. ASIC won't have to prove a person was actually misled by the representation." "If ASIC are ...

ASIC issues Indigenous Financial Services Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... ASIC's Indigenous Financial Services Framework and its commitment to and demonstration of 'truth-telling' through an Indigenous-led process and outcome," Leak said. "This is an exciting development and it's encouraging to see the commitment to long-term ...

Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEFC back biosequestration startup

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... $105 million in Series B funding, with commitments from the CEFC and Cannon-Brookes' Grok Ventures. The funding round was co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Wollemi Capital with participation from Horizons Ventures, Acre Venture partners, Main Sequence ...

Testing ESG impacts on US pension fund returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... 'red' states that may be more likely to reject such ESG investment strategies." Currently, there are more than 20 US states, led by Texas and Florida, which actively prohibit pension funds in their jurisdictions from following ESG principles. "The analyses' ...