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Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Working Group is "well attended" and "there is a lot of interest to improve." She said investors want to improve internal equity and inclusion, drive investment in First Nations companies and influence change. Corporates want to "better understand issues ...

Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the Curtin University Commercialisation Advisory Board. Kelly O'Dwyer, currently a non-executive director of Barrenjoey, Equity Trustees, and HMC Capital and previous served as minister for jobs and industrial relations and minister for revenue and financial ...

Climate disclosure lawsuit against Commonwealth settled

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... government bonds has been settled. The case was filed in 2020 by Kathleen (Katta) O'Donnell, who is represented by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David Barnden. O'Donnell claimed that climate change risk was not disclosed properly when she ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... themes are affordable housing, education and training, basic infrastructure, financial and economic inclusion, diversity equity and inclusion, and health and wellness.

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Conor Kehoe as chair, starting in 2024. Kehoe spent 28 years at McKinsey & Company co-founding the investor and private equity practice and was a member of the G7 Impact Taskforce on Impact Accounting. Kehoe will succeed Martin Skancke who has served ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... resolutions dropping considerably in 2022. InfluenceMap scored the world's 45 largest asset management companies based on equity portfolio analysis, stewardship of investee companies, and sustainable finance policy engagement. The study, 2023 Asset Managers ...

IFM Investors certified by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... one." IFM Investors has previously worked with Climate Active when seeking a carbon neutral certification for their private equity portfolio in 2021. "We really appreciated the rigour behind the certification process and the rigour behind analysing how ...

Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Sustainability that integration of climate considerations in sovereign debt market has lagged considerably compared to in equity investing. Considering that the government bond market is vital for the functioning of the global financial system, it is ...

NGS tracking ahead on 2030 net zero pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... perspective, that was less about meeting this carbon target and ore about stranded asset risk." NGS Super has moved many of their equity mandates to low carbon mandates, Squires said. "There is a real focus on the carbon intensity across the equity portfolio," ...

Traditional Owners to lead Pilbara renewables rollout on exclusive native title land

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia's Pilbara region. The agreement guarantees Yindjibarndi approval of all proposed project sites, Yindjibarndi equity participation of 25%-50% in all projects, preferred contracting for Yindjibarndi-owned businesses, and training and employment ...