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IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are looking to invest in climate solutions - but attractive opportunities to sufficiently invest in Australian transition industries are hard to come by. New research finds that Australia is well-positioned to build profitable ...

Stafford Capital Partners launches sustainable timber impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... The Stafford Carbon Offset Opportunity Fund has attracted US$242 million in investor commitments from the UK local government pension schemes (LGPS) of Essex, Leicestershire and the City and Council of Swansea. The fund is expected to invest in approximately ...

Cundall names APAC head of ESG advisory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Global engineering and advisory firm Cundall has promoted Madlen Jannaschk to lead its Asia-Pacific (APAC) ESG advisory. Jannaschk has been with Cundall for nearly four years and has worked as a practicing architect and project manager for more than ...

Vision Super appoints new board member

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV). She has more than 25 years of executive leadership roles in the local government sector as well as extensive Board experience across the public and private sectors, NFPs, universities and international banks ...

CEFC, CBA finance plastic recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank will finance a plastics recycling facility, its first commitment under the Australian Recycling Investment Fund. The CEFC will commit up to $16.5 million in debt finance to a new polyethylene ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... NSW was selected for the project because of a combination of factors, including receptive partners in state and local government, local groups, and a body of existing data about the coastline, said Chris Gillies, program director, oceans, TNC Australia. ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... of super fund disclosures by Rainmaker Information, 14 funds have made some form of target commitment - HESTA, Local Government Super, Australian Ethical Super, AustralianSuper, BT Super, Cbus Super, Colonial First State, Hostplus, Media Super, Qsuper ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia include AMP Capital, Australian Ethical Investment, Aware Super, Ethical Partners Funds Management, HESTA, Local Government Super, and Statewide Super. "Ensuring developing economies have equal access to COVID vaccines, medicines and tests ...

Sharp increase in food waste: Rabobank Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
The impact of COVID-19 has also hit Australia's progress in reducing food waste, leading to a jump in the amount of food Australian households are throwing out, according to Rabobank Australia. Rabobank Australia released its 2020 Food Waste Report ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
As US states continue to count the votes in a historic election impacted by the COVID-19's pandemic risks and political volatility, financial market participants responded to the near term uncertainty and attempted to forecast potential outcomes of ...