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Instos continue to fund fossil fuel expansion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... reserves. The industry grew its annual capital expenditure on oil and gas exploration by more than 30% since 2021. The research comes out of environment and human right non-profit Urgewald, and research firm Profundo, alongside 12 partners including ...

NAB funds DEI workplace research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... of cultural safety at work. The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research (Jumbunna), the UTS Business School, and the Diversity Council Australia (DCA), are gathering fresh data on Aboriginal and ...

QIC invests in Australian biotech start-up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... unnecessary financial loss, time taken to market and the need for animal testing. "Over 200 million animals are euthanised for research and drug development every year, despite over 90% of drug candidates failing in human trials after successful animal ...

Groups unite against carbon offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... hierarchy is not followed." Carbon offsetting inherently lacks credibility, the letter argued, pointing to the body of research on the topic that has raised concerns around additionality, meaningful baselines, leakage or rebound effects, non-permanent ...

Morningstar boosts ESG focus with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... said. "Michelle's appointment will be key as our clients transition to this new legislative regime." he said. "Our research has highlighted investor appetite with strategies such as climate funds continuing to grow. We remain committed to supporting ...

Over half of firms created new net zero roles: Deloitte

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... - such as biodiversity or calculating Scope 1-3 emissions. "ESG reporting, integration, risk and due diligence, data, research, strategy and engagement have been some of the areas of focus for the organisations we have been recruiting for." Evans said ...

Ex-Moody's chief rejoins standards setter

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Foundation, effective 9 September 2024. Madelaine was previously president and chief operating officer for credit ratings and research provider Moody's Investor Services and a former partner at EY. He will take over from acting managing director Andrea ...

Clean energy trends are "unstoppable"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... supplemented by fossil fuel energy sources to ensure grid stability during the net zero transition, is turbocharging growth. The research comes out of Nuveen, the investment manager of US financial retirement services firm TIAA, which had US$1.2 trillion ...

DEI peak body firms up leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... directors. Sunita Gloster replaces Ming Long as chair, as she has moved to the the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency. Gloster is a diversity advocate, a sought-after keynote ...

ESG funds are cheaper: Morningstar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... globally said that they believe ESG has become more material to investment policy in the past five years. The investment research and ratings firm recently revealed their top picks for undervalued stocks - including SQM, the second-largest lithium producer ...