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Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
A group of 45 investors with $11.9 trillion in assets under management have signalled support for a national compensation scheme for modern slavery victim-survivors in Australia. There are at least 1900 victim-survivors of modern slavery in Australia ...

ESG skills in hot demand in risk, compliance hiring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... greenwashing, and APRA's updates to SPS and CPS 230 and 530 - Investment Governance Regulations. In SPS 530, APRA states that super fund trustees must demonstrate "how risk considerations connected to ESG factors are integrated into investment analysis ...

Rest increases impact investment with Cibus fund allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... delivering strong returns through investment opportunities related to the food value chain." The investment comes out of the super fund's impact investment and strategic alternatives allocations. The fund is advised by Cibus Capital. The investment ...

Grok Ventures appoints new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Mike Cannon-Brookes' family office Grok Ventures has hired a new CEO while announcing it will focus all new capital into climate-related investments. Grok has named global funds management executive Tan Kueh as CEO, while Jeremy Kwong-Law will remain ...

SIX launches share platform for investors, activists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
A former co-founder of Future Super has launched Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX), a share trading platform that combines activism and investing. SIX is co-founded by Adam Verwey, a former co-founder of Future Super, and Sophie Hall, an experienced ...

BlueScope receives funding for lower emissions project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
BlueScope Steel and LIBERTY Steel Australia have received a combined total of $200 million in grant funding from the federal government for projects that will lower emissions in steel production. The funding is drawn from the government's Powering the ...

Australian gender pay gap data to be revealed from February

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
From February 2024, Australian companies with 100 or more employees will be required to publish their median gender pay gap between male and female employees. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) will publish the first set of private sector employer ...

Australian Ethical grants $500k to climate solutions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Pure-play ethical investment manager Australian Ethical has announced $500,000 in grants for non-profits in the climate solutions space. The grants are part of the firm's annual allocation of 10% of its profits to fund environmental or social initiatives ...

NSW can achieve electricity reliability without coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... construction of new [battery energy storage systems] BESS projects, with the 850 megawatt (MW)/1,680megawatt hour (MWh) Waratah Super Battery under construction, while AGL reached a final investment decision (FID) in December 2023 on its $750m 500MWITH ...

WEF to unlock US$2.8 tr clean energy investment in global majority nations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... technologies through members' purchasing power, suggested the premium. Meanwhile, a group of more than 250 of the world's super-rich including Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller, signed an open letter condemning inequality and calling ...