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Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023 | NEWS

Bank Australia has announced that it will aim to reduce its carbon emissions by 64% by 2030 as an interim step to net zero by 2035. The mutual bank's target, which applies to Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and covers its financed emissions, has been validated ...

Podcast: Recognising tomorrow's sustainability winners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023 | NEWS

Graz van Egmond is the CEO of the Banksia Foundation, which runs the annual Banksia Foundation Sustainability Awards. The awards have highlighted organisations around Australia, of all sizes and industries, for their sustainability performance for more ...

Podcast: Greening corporate finance - Alison Chan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023 | NEWS

In this episode, we speak with Metrics investment director - sustainable finance Alison Chan. Chan has packed a lot of career experience into a short amount of time and we going to talk the state of sustainable finance in Australia as well as the future ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023 | NEWS

Leading Harvest is implementing a sustainability assurance program for the Australian agriculture sector after a successful pilot backed by Warakirri Asset Management among others. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management ...

Fink counts the cost of "easy money" in annual letter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023 | NEWS

BlackRock chairman Larry Fink warned that dominos may be starting to fall as global economies count the price of more than a decade of easy money in his annual letter to investors. In a letter where ESG and climate change took a backseat to concerns ...

HSBC Australia hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023 | NEWS

HSBC has hired Charis Martin-Ross as head of corporate sustainability for Australia. Martin-Ross comes to HSBC from Allianz Australia, where she was senior manager for sustainability. She has more than 20 years' experience, and has held roles across ...

Australian Ethical hires CIO, head of impacts and ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023 | NEWS

Australian Ethical has nabbed a sustainability research leader for a newly created role of head of impact and ethics as well as announcing a new chief investment officer. Alison George will join Australian Ethical on 1 May from Regnan, where she is ...

Push for greater ESG alignment in C-Suite pay

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023 | NEWS

ASX-listed companies need to lift their performance in linking executive remuneration to strategic ESG targets, with investors voting against remunerations reports to register their disapproval. Melior Investment Management recently released its 2022 ...

Heavy industry could decarbonise with ambitious action: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023 | NEWS

Five of Australia's most significant heavy industry supply chains could transition to net zero with "strong, effective and coordinated action" between industry, finance and government, according to a new report. The Australian Industry Energy Transition ...

Frasers Property inks fresh sustainability-linked loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023 | NEWS

Frasers Property Limited has locked in sustainability-linked finance for the totality of its Australian property portfolio, with pricing linked to the property developer's net zero targets. The five-year $340 million sustainability linked loan (SLL) ...

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UN pension chief joins Northern Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

The head of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is taking on a new role at Northern Trust Asset Management.

Podcast: Exploring emerging markets and sustainability

THE GREENER WAY | 6:56AM

Pablo Berrutti, senior portfolio specialist at Stewart Investors, discusses emerging market investment opportunities and their main growth drivers.

Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi

MATTHEW WAI

Latest modelling from Emmi indicates carbon emissions may plateau within the next two years before gradually declining, signalling the first ever emission stabilisation outside of an economic crisis.

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

The likes of Sally Field, Mark Ruffalo and Jane Fonda are calling on the SAG-Producers Pension Plan to dump its holdings in oil and gas companies.

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