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Predictions for robust investment in green transition, sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Investment in the green energy transition will charge ahead in 2022 and beyond, with different implications for key commodities, countries, and sustainable finance. Barclays recently released a report, Mining the green transition, which assessed five ...

2021 theme in review: biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... the example of biodiversity, which the report said will be seen "as a new asset class," with a new metric - environmental profit, the measurable benefit of a decision on the natural world, becoming a component of return on investment (ROI). "If organisations ...

CBA announces $250 in green financing deals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... the bank's portfolio of green loans. The Green Repo has a tenure of one to 12 months and was certified by CBI, a not-for-profit organisation which aims to promote large-scale investment to deliver a global low-carbon economy. "This latest transaction ...

Strong return for ESG funds, but oil ETF shines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... had a chat with a few clients who hold Woodside in their portfolios, and the question is do we average down to take some profit on a rebound," he said. "Logically, the fundamentals are still there for oils. We're not switching off the world's ...

Tracking sustainability as quantitative strategy: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Sustainability characteristics can be tracked as a standalone signal that delivers strong results when compared with other quantitative signals including value, sentiment and quality, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). SSGA recently published ...

Failing to manage ESG a severe risk to business: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... the example of biodiversity, which the report said will be seen "as a new asset class," with a new metric - environmental profit, the measurable benefit of a decision on the natural world, becoming a component of return on investment (ROI). "If organisations ...

Sustainability moving from "why" to "how": Banksia Foundation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... organisations, said Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) sustainability manager Jayne Paramor. APCO is a not-for-profit organisation that administers the Australian Packaging Covenant, a national regulatory framework. "Businesses come to ...

CEFC makes $25m allocation to Orica to manage nitrous oxide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
The CEFC is making its first direct investment into the manufacturing sector with a $25 million commitment to Orica to abate nitrous oxide emissions. The $25 million allocation will allow Orica to upgrade processing plants used in the production of ...

Actuaries Institute challenges boards on skills gaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... are extremely complex, with long-term contractual obligations to customers, significant information asymmetry, short-term profit pressures and frequently, a third-party intermediary between the business and customer, and customers often have a large ...

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has invested $50 million towards a sustainable farming platform aimed at using data-driven practices to make farms more productive and resilient to climate change. The CEFC made the allocation to the Transforming ...