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Mike Ng named first chief sustainability officer for OCBC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies. "The diversified nature and size of the OCBC Group, coupled with the catalyst role that we play in the society, required us to curate the role of a chief sustainability officer differently from other ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Renewable energy investor Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has made its first foray into biofuels through a US investment. Quinbrook has acquired PurposeEnergy, an established US-based renewable fuels and biogas specialist that focuses on using waste ...

Orica implements ESG data platform for GHG emission reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... platform is related to the company's $37 million Kooragang Island Decarbonisation Project. The company has installed catalyst abatement technology at its nitric acid production facility at Kooragang Island to reduce GHG emissions, specifically nitrous ...

ANZ leads issuance of US$50m gender-lens bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... the market before the Women's Livelihood Bond Series." That first-loss tranche was bought by the IIX Women's Catalyst Fund, Ng noted. Nuveen is the anchor investor in the bond, along with Laerdal Finans, Pathfinder New Zealand, and Ceniarth ...

PwC Australia appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... experience and technologies to solve seen and unseen problems, allows them to manage and mitigate risk whilst being a catalyst for environmental, social and economic prosperity." PwC Australia's appointment of a CSO is a component of the company's global ...

Super funds react to Rio report into bullying, sexism, racism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Investors are reacting with deep concern to the findings of an external review of Rio Tinto's workplace culture which revealed "disturbing findings of bullying, sexual harassment, racism and other forms of discrimination." The report found bullying ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... number of experts this week about how COP26 commitments will impact on businesses and investments. COP26 commitments as catalyst to private investment As COP26 was getting underway, Impax Asset Management head of policy and advocacy Chris Dodwell said ...

Managing biodiversity loss a governance risk: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... biodiversity. They are the net results where we start to feel the consequences of our behaviour. Climate change is almost a catalyst of what we've been doing." There is a "clear need" for regulation and enforcement around land use around the world, but ...

Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... there has been progress- the Paris Agreement, for example, and the recognition that the financial industry "is a key catalyst for the real economy to combat climate change." "From my perspective, investors are only now discovering more forcefully that ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... leave the PRI to return to Australia, she reflects on the growth of ESG and the PRI's growth during her tenure. Reynolds' catalyst to returning was personal - her father recently suffered a stroke and died, and she was unable to be in Australia with ...