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Substantial investment needed for sustainable infrastructure: RARE Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... the next 20 years and $1.7 trillion in the more sustainable case" needs to be invested in energy networks. RARE took Australia as a case study, finding that under a business as usual emissions forecast, there will be a "considerable reduction in emissions. ...

Company secretaries weigh challenges, opportunities of virtual AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... managing the conversion from live AGM to virtual events in the span of weeks from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia to each company's AGM during the min-AGM season. Woodside Energy's AGM was 30 April, and Bailie noted that the key ...

Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... billion. Both the number of products and the money invested in them have more than doubled over the past three years. In Australia, there are currently 17 passive sustainable funds, including 8 ETFs. Morningstar notes that Vanguard has the market share ...

Australian Ethical sees further growth for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment is at the "early stage" of benefiting from the growth in demand for ethical products, and expects further growth even as the company recently announced record profits for the 2020 financial year. Australian Ethical reported ...

CEFC backs project to bring Tesla Powerwall to SA social housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Corporation (CEFC) is investing up to $30 million in program to deliver home energy systems to social housing tenants in South Australia. The project will see the installation of solar and battery storage systems across more than 3,000 residential buildings ...

NZ Super appoints Rosemary Vilgan to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... included 12 years as a councillor, and was also granted life membership of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for her services. She has held a variety of other business and not for profit positions over her business life and ...

Responsible investment AUM grows, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). RIAA has published the Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2020 Australia in conjunction with KPMG. The annual report traces the growth and progress of the responsible investment industry in ...

U Ethical hires two to investments team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Ethical funds manager U Ethical has hired two women to its investments team. Desiree Lucchese has taken on the role of ethics and impact manager while Rachel O'Connor is the new portfolio manager for fixed income and cash products. "We're delighted ...

GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Environmental markets project developer and investor GreenCollar has secured funding for a series of carbon farming projects under the Queensland Government's $500M Land Restoration Fund (LRF). The approved projects will generate an estimated value ...

Cbus Super announces net zero portfolio emissions target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has announced they will reduce their absolute carbon emissions by 45% across their portfolio by 2030. The $54 billion industry super fund has announced a new Climate Change Roadmap, under which Cbus will put in place processes to achieve ...