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The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... visible to economic decision-makers and policies at the Blue Solutions Summit held during the Ocean Lovers Festival in Sydney. Blue capital is hailed as being fertile waters for significant environmental and social benefits, from supporting marine biodiversity ...

The four-day work week - will it work?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the four-day work week, with Ditzell, who is obtaining a PhD on the future of work through the University of Technology Sydney, finding that the trial resulted in "favourable outcomes against all business targets. "All KPI's were met or exceeded," Ditzell ...

Australian Ethical divests from Lendlease over koala concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Concerns over the survival of a healthy koala colony in south-western Sydney has triggered Australian Ethical to divest its holdings in Lendlease Group. Australian Ethical has sold its shares in Lendlease over the planned development at Mt Gilead in ...

Australia to introduce mandatory climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... finance strategy next year. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a consultation paper on climate risk reporting standards at a Sydney speech to the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) membership, fulfilling an election commitment. He further ...

FSI names new global head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... an RI specialist, joining FSI in October from Institutional Shareholder Services. White and De Smedt are both based in Sydney. Further, Finian Power has been named the head of ESG policy and regulation. Power was previously the head of investment management ...

Nuveen, SGCH announce separate housing deals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... project via Nuveen Real Estate while SGCH's affordable housing project with Lighthouse Infrastructure will expand in Western Sydney. Nuveen Real Estate will partner with Flinders University on The Switch, Adelaide Central, a 347-bed development featuring ...

Government commits to establishing green finance standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... that you can all get on with the job with sensible analytics and capital deployment." Jones spoke at the ASFI Summit in Sydney. FS Sustainability is a media partner to the summit. Jones hailed the work of the finance industry in working on a sustainable ...

ASFI Summit to focus on sustainable finance progress, implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... action will be the main topic of discussion at this week's Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) Summit in Sydney. The one-day summit will feature keynote addresses from Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones ...

New Zealand to issue green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... That framework was developed in consultation with joint structuring advisors Bank of New Zealand and Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney Branch. Sustainalytics provided a second party opinion and assessed the framework as "robust, transparent, credible and impactful," ...

Climate risk warning on government bond yields

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... presented findings from research conducted by her and colleagues at Fortlake Asset Management and University of Technology Sydney which found that while government bond yields do price in physical risk and transition risk, those risks are underestimated. ...