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Sustainable Australia Fund on COVID-19 impacts, upgrade finance outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... businesses through a financing model to allow commercial, office, and industrial buildings to retrofit projects for energy, water and environmental sustainability. "Everyone is in survival mode at the moment, but in the medium and longer term, we expect ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... role in these issues, with coronavirus and its potential impacts on the push to decarbonise the global economy, a focus on water scarcity, Indigenous issues and gender equality a key point of discussion, but the full story. In the scenario of the transition ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
As companies, both ASX listed and unlisted, grapple with the twin onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic and an economic implosion, sustainability professionals within organisations have an essential role to play in responding to the immediate crisis ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... natural resources across seven issues "at the intersection of environment and development" - climate, energy, food, forests, water, cities and the ocean. Stimulus packages should follow three principles - 1) do no harm 2) make win-win investments and ...

Torrens University launches open course on social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... for the entire year," Ives said. "Why I personally love MOOCs is that it also allows a university to dip its toe into the water of an emerging conversation, in this instance, we know that the social enterprise sector I growing rapidly, and we can take ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... clean energy. The other ones are around responsible consumption/production, climate action, sustainable cities, and clean water and sanitation. Those themes run through the portfolio." First Sentier has identified SDG thematics in the sustainable infrastructure ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Younghusband Woolstores development (Image provided by Impact Investment Group) The Federal Government Department of Agriculture, Water & the Environment (DAWE), and ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects have signed on as tenants, which Impact Investment Group ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... survey, 70% of these companies measuring their greenhouse gas emissions, but only 55% have a stated emissions target. On water usage and reducing waste only 32% and 52% respectively of the companies have an explicit target. The drive for consideration ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... about how they react in instances where there is litigation lodged against them, for example. That might come in the form of water stress, drought stress, etc., and from that perspective, it's going to be really important for businesses to understand ...

Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Australian record in issuing a new $1.8 billion Sustainability Bond based on both green and social assets. Five new sustainable water and wastewater management projects have been identified: Green Square Trunk Stormwater Improvement, Astrolabe Park Stormwater ...