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Mars Australia shifts to 100% renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... of RE100. With more than 280 members, RE100 is the world's biggest renewable energy initiative for major corporations. Led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, the initiative encourages companies to switch to 100% renewable electricity. ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... doses of vaccinations and setting up funding programs through bodies such as the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, (COVAX), led by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the World Health Organization, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness ...

Ethical fund manager sets ambitious FUM target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... their adviser provided responsible or ethical investment options. Australian Ethical also noted that feedback from advisers led Australian Ethical to launch its first Separately Managed Account (SMA) portfolio in April 2020 which has since seen returns ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... versus the actions that business and investors are taking on the ground, Collins said. "Most of this is business and industry led," Collins said. "It is led by specific groups setting ambitious targets by a corporate community, and investor groups, whether ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... ASX listed companies, IdeaScale does this with governments and industry across the world with employee, customer and citizen-led crowdsourcing. The pandemic has shaken the world. The global economy is uneasy and geopolitics uncertain. In the aftermath ...

Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... expanded into investment management and follows the appointment of the Regnan Equity Impact Solutions team in December 2019, led by Tim Crockford, who joined from Federated Hermes, Gonzalez said. The Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions Fund invests ...

Investors back climate bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... trajectories to get there," said Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia. "This has led to a significant increase in companies and investors setting their own targets towards the achievement of net zero by 2050 ...

Australia to join climate resilience investment initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Resilient Investment (CCRI) and will refresh the National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy. The CCRI is a finance sector-led initiative of more than 75 institutional investors, banks, insurers, rating agencies and governments, representing ...

Australian Ethical tops $5 billion in assets under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... communication also focuses on, here are the returns and therefore we are a mainstream player." While not neglecting the consumer-led product demand, Australian Ethical is also engaging "more heavily with the advisor network" and with high net worth individuals ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... The area of natural capital is set to rise on the sustainability agenda through 2021 and into the future. The coalition that led the development of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) have turned their attention to developing ...