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Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... countries need more apprenticeships. If we have to, we will build a training academy, or we'll work with the local university to sponsor an entire course, with the goal of creating jobs, not just the parent company, but in the supply chain.... It's unquestionably ...

CBI, WWF call upon central banks, prudential regulators for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... aligned with the Paris Agreement," said Ulrich Volz, founding director of the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, SOAS University of London. "Financial governance can be only part of a broader public policy response to addressing the climate crisis ...

Q&A with Pablo Berrutti on launch of Altiorem

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... of users to build the best arguments possible and change the system from the inside. Our model relies on volunteer university students who summarise and draw out the key insights from pieces of research and tools which are then reviewed by experts from ...

CEFC provides $120 million finance for Curtin University development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $120 million to help finance building construction of Curtin University 's new innovation hub. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The CEFC made the $120 million commitment in debt ...

Low Carbon Readiness Index measures motivation to reduce carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... neutral; agree, strongly agree) with the LCRI measure being the average of the three. CRCLC researchers Dr Lean O'Brien (University of Canberra) and Professor Yoshihisa Kashima (University of Melbourne) who developed the LCRI say that it is valid as ...

Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... parties differ in styles and approach, said Professor Bruce Wilson is Director of the European Union Centre at RMIT University. "The short answer is that it's a bit too premature - we have draft text, but the difference, is the Europeans are more ambitions ...

Raiz Invest partners with UNSW on machine-learning technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
Micro-investing app Raiz Invest is partnering with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to use the university's machine-learning technology to optimise its Raiz Rewards offering. George Lucas, Instreet Managing Director Raiz Rewards is a loyalty ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... relationship to company sustainability, according to research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology. Source: Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Stewart Investors commissioned ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... lending and residential mortgages in Europe. Barker is special counsel at MinterEllison, and research affiliate at the University of Oxford. "The other side of fiduciary duties is that there are many other fiduciary relationships where it doesn't take ...

Australian National University selects Aberdeen Standard Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian National University (ANU) Endowment Fund has selected Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage an Australian fixed income strategy that integrates ESG. The strategy invests in active Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay - negative ...