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Downer inks $1.4 billion sustainability-linked debt facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... strategies," said Michael Ferguson, chief financial officer, Downer. "The refinancing of Spotless debt is expected to reduce total borrowing costs given Downer's financial strength and investment grade credit rating," Ferguson said. "The sustainability ...

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 ...

Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... both in terms of mitigation and adaptation, is part of client work at Willis Towers Watson, Lew said. "We look at it from a total portfolio perspective," she said. "Climate change presents a material financial risk as well as opportunity for investors. ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... climate change risk using the guidelines promulgated by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)." A total of 167 companies are engaged through Climate Action 100+. The focus list includes 'systemically important emitters', accounting ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... necessarily measuring the carbon exposure. For example, a software company is not emitting carbon as such, but that's not a total measure of the carbon exposure of the company." While research on climate finance is rapidly gaining momentum, issues ...

Evolution Mining links value generation to sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... utilised for operations was recirculated for reuse onsite and there was an 11% increase in water reuse between FY19 and FY20. Total water withdrawn increased by 21% in FY20, due to "mine dewatering at all operations with increases at Mt Carlton and Mungari." ...

Victorian social housing commitment potential opportunity for impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Investor Insights, Activity and Performance Report 2020 by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), the total impact investment universe in Australia stood at $19.9 billion, with $2.2 billion invested in real assets such as housing. ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment, Mercer. "It's strategic and forward looking, and it gives a total portfolio view of risks and opportunities that arise from the transition to a zero carbon economy." ACT allows investors to ...

Cost of no climate action to hit Australian economy: Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... a failure to plan. Over half of Australian regions have 'emission intensive' employment that makes up 20-60% of total regional employment, the report said. "We owe it to people in certain industries and communities that we are up front about ...

Cleanaway publishes first sustainability report after engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... standalone report, and gave us a lot of input in terms of what we should be disclosing." The company disclosed performance on total recordable incident frequency rate (TRIFR), noting that TRIFR for 2019/2020 is 4.5, 58% lower than five years ago. The ...