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Cromwell restructures lending facility

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... new sustainability-linked loan formed part of its broader environmental, sustainability, and corporate governance (ESG) policy. "We have been working with tenants and suppliers across all our upstream and downstream business activities - covering our ...

ASFA partners with First Nations Foundation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture in everyday life, impacts of historical events, government legislation and policy, working and communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, clients and colleagues, Aboriginal and ...

abrdn strengthens sustainability function

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... is a complex area, as the most important issues always are. I've also long admired the work done by abrdn around social policy, and I am excited to get started." Moody will chair the new executive sustainability committee. She joined in 2023 as chief ...

Canberra scopes First Nations economic policy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... with Treasury. The aim is to improve access to capital markets and employment opportunities and address legislative or policy barriers that hinder that access. A key barrier to First Nations entrepreneurship is access to capital, particularly in regional ...

One in three analyse physical climate risk: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... like private equity, which have traditionally posed a challenge. Nearly all (97%) have engaged in climate finance related policy advocacy, and there has been a drop in the number of investors citing policy uncertainty as a barrier to investment. Top ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Association Australasia (RIAA) Co-CEO Estelle Parker said the news is a milestone in Australia's sustainable finance policy. The taxonomy addresses a lack of a global guideline for the critical area of minerals, mining and metals, in which Australia ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Senator Andrew Bragg, speaking on the same panel at the conference, said that the Liberal Party opposes a "corporate housing policy." Although the Liberal Party has not yet announced a "supply policy," Bragg said that on the demand side, they believe ...

Australian Ethical snaps up asset manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... officer Ludovic Theau. In an ASX announcement, Australian Ethical said the new team will adhere to Altius' Sustainability Policy and its own Ethical Charter. Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo said that the Altius acquisition is an important ...

Unclear rules pose investment risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... risk - assets not coming to market - and assets losing value as regulation changes. "Australia doesn't have coherent policy instruments," Lucchese said. "Inconsistent policies create this kind of split personality between what the federal policy ...

Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Commission Inquiry into resource efficiency, a National Circular Economy Framework, a national 'recycled content first' policy, and sector-based circular economy targets. There is also a new report out from CSIRO on developing circular economy standards ...