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Vontobel to assess biodiversity impacts of portfolio investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... within a specific ecosystem prior to the disruption of human activity, and comparing it to the ecosystems' current health. By calculating MSA, Vontobel will be able to compare companies on a peer-to-peer, or sector by sector basis and see which companies ...

ESG investing "fastest growing" priority for advisers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Responsible investing is the fastest growing priority area for advisers, according to new research from Investment Trends. Advisers have identified three challenges - ESG, capital protection and mounting compliance burden, according to the 2021 Adviser ...

GII launch gender equality impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... ensuring there was a solution for women and girls." The fund focuses on investing in companies in four areas - education, health, nutrition, and social and economic empowerment. Those companies map to six of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - ...

RIAA rules out nuclear weapons, e-cigarettes in responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... "The addition of nicotine alternatives to the minimum requirements of the standard follows the recommendation by the World Health Organization to broaden consideration of 'harms' from these new forms of nicotine delivery," said O'Connor. ...

CBA to pilot green loans for agribusiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... provide loans with a discounted interest rate to finance projects that reduce emissions, sequester more carbon, improve soil health, promote biodiversity and vegetation cover, and protect waterways, CBA said. "Farmers have always been great stewards ...

COP26 week two: impacts for Australians

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... they've had to be the caregivers in those situations and if you have something like climate change that affects people's health, who are the caregivers going to be? Most likely women. "These are the aspects of climate change that we are faced ...

Centre women in product design, COP26: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... they've had to be the caregivers in those situations and if you have something like climate change that affects people's health, who are the caregivers going to be? Most likely women. "These are the aspects of climate change that we are faced with today ...

NAB, Ramsay Health Care in ESG derivative transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Ramsay Health Care has closed Australia's first sustainability-linked derivative. Ramsay Health Care traded an ESG-linked interest rate swap exclusively with NAB, the bank reported. The ESG targets are linked to an existing sustainability linked ...

Alphinity highlights sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... information, and this goes back to the complexity of ESG," Cairns said. "Some information is simple to find. For example, health and safety metrics, you can get the information from reports. If you're thinking about a topic like modern slavery, the level ...

Brisbane firm to build organic waste to biogas system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. "Often food waste is co-mingled with general waste, creating health hazards for the community and negatively impacting the environment with greenhouse gas emissions," Hawley said. "Our MMAD ...