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Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... the government participating in the electricity sector," he said. Yates has fitting qualifications in investing government money in renewable projects,as well as building cross-party political support. During Yates' time at the CEFC, it operated on a ...

Zuper Super launches Wealthness hub to educate, engage member base

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... Zuper Super launched last year, and Wealthness is designed focus on life factors that impact on people's ability to make money and build financial freedom, including saving for retirement as well as other financial goals. "Wealthness pulls together this ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... techniques within the sugar industry," Bugeja said. "Everybody has ideas of what they'd like to trial, but it all costs money and it requires a lot of time." Sugar cane has a five-year crop cycle, and experiments must be conducted throughout the entire ...

Impact Investing Australia to administer $7m Australian government fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... tended to get our applicants and focus our attention in New South Wales and Victoria," McCutchan said. "With the additional money to administer, that will enable a more nationally focused push, so we can actually go out and find other opportunities." ...

Cbus becomes Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... managers and financial system advocacy. "There is a strong public demand for information about how asset owners manage the money entrusted to them," said Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO. "Signatories to the code are shining a light on their stewardship activities. ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... the strongest performer on ESG issues. "We've observed that companies that go from quartile 2 to quartile 1 make you more money than companies that stay in quartile 1 for ESG," Slater said. "We also observe that it's very rare for company to leave quartile ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... or who attempt to cross the US/Mexican border, by getting the banks that finance Core Civic and GEO Group to stop lending money. A coalition of more than 80 US-based grassroots organisations are protesting US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant ...

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... 4.3 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. The report found that 40% of China's coal power stations are already losing money, and this could rise to 95% by 2040 because of the cost of complying with air pollution regulations and a rising carbon price. ...

CAER urges investors to consider ESG risks of cannabis companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Portfolios should consider their stance on recreational cannabis as well. "What is this company doing, what it is making money from, and what are the societal implication of that industry and that product as a whole and at a macro level," Paterson said. ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Impact Investment Steering Group and The Portland Trust. "There comes a time when they can no longer talk only about making money." At current levels of investment in SDG-relevant sectors, developing countries alone face an annual gap of $2.5 trillion ...