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Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The World Economic Forum released its Global Gender Gap Report for 2024 revealing that, at the current pace, it will take another 134 years - equivalent to five generations - to achieve full gender parity. Globally, the gender gap has closed by just ...

IFM and QIC scoop major assets in energy deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... working Australians they represent means managing and mitigating the risks posed by climate change." Ross Israel, head of global infrastructure at QIC, said the deal reduces assets' "exposure to energy market volatility and delivering cost-savings ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... it's an easing in inflation that will enable the US Federal Reserve to cut rates. Energy transformation Chalmers said the global energy transition represents "a golden opportunity," adding that Australia needs an additional $225 billion of investment ...

Cromwell restructures lending facility

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... gender pay targets. Cromwell Property Group's loan, which includes eight lenders, was developed with the Commonwealth Bank. Global financial services firm Societe Generale acted as sustainability coordinator. The loan is aligned with the Asia Pacific ...

ISS ESG tackles modern slavery exposure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
A new modern slavery scorecard will help financiers screen for and disclose portfolio risk. Investors increasingly face regulatory and stakeholder scrutiny regarding the labour practices of their holdings. Issues like forced labour, child labour and ...

UBS nabs ex-UOB sustainability lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Global financial services firm UBS has named Jiayun Fang as Southeast Asia social impact and philanthropy lead, group sustainability and impact. Fang has a background in sustainability, social impact, corporate philanthropy, diversity and inclusion ...

ERM inks deal with Energetics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... bolstered ERM's Australian presence across sustainability economics, energy, procurement, strategy and human rights. ERM global co-head of corporate sustainability and climate change, Matt Klein, said the acquisition creates Australia's "most comprehensive" ...

Rockefeller org picks climate advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Council to accelerate the just transition and named its inaugural co-chairs and members. The Rockefeller Foundation, the global philanthropic medical research and innovation institution, ranks as the 30th largest philanthropic institution globally by ...

AI and crypto mining to drive energy opps: PGIM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... computing, artificial intelligence and crypto mining - are giving fund managers new and unlikely sources of alpha in the global energy sector, PGIM research shows. In its investment report titled 'Fueling the Future' released late last month ...

Pollination targets climate tech start-ups

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... early-stage funding gap in the important Series A and B space. "Together, we can support local innovators addressing the global challenges of climate change and nature preservation, leveraging Pollination's global platform."