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Australian Ethical FUM dips ahead of merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical's super FUM and more than 30,000 members join. "Following the successor fund transfer, increased scale will allow Australian Ethical to pass on superannuation fee reductions to all members and improve competitiveness of our super ...

Cobalt essential to net zero goals but brings labour risks: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... supplies. However, ISS ESG notes that "a large portion of DRC cobalt production is through artisanal and informal small-scale mining, which operates without safety standards or worker protections." Further, ISS ESG notes, child labour and accident rates ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Australia and around the world," said Virescent Ventures managing partner Ben Gust. The CEFC has committed $1.5 billion to large scale solar projects with a generating capacity of 2.1 GW, as well as supporting solar PV technology like Sunman's innovative ...

First Sentier Investors hires industry exec to new ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... the table to facilitate real change and that's my real passion. "I am excited about working in an asset manager with the scale and commitment to make a difference on the issues that matter to Australians, whether that be climate change, modern slavery ...

Investors call for 75% emissions reduction by 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... significant investment from large institutional investors like superannuation funds that have the long-term focus, expertise, and scale necessary to support economy-wide change," said HESTA Super Fund chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson. "Climate ...

Fortescue Metals strengthens 2030 decarbonisation targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... usage at our Chichester Hub in FY22 - but we must accelerate our transition to the post fossil fuel era, driving global scale industrial change as climate change continues to worsen. "It will also protect our cost base, enhance our margins and set an ...

BlackRock continues renewable infrastructure investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... founder of solarZero. "BlackRock Climate Infrastructure team's investment and backing will enable us to rapidly increase our scale, grow our energy services network, and accelerate the transition to a 100% clean energy future. "By 2030, 50% of the world's ...

Investment in low-carbon energy infrastructure on the rise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... during the Trump administration, and this trajectory of building at pace in commercial and industrial and, wind, utility scale solar continues, although it's still a low fraction of the total," Sahely said. "It's growing and with gas becoming ...

Minderoo Foundation, Illumina launch ocean biodiversity DNA project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... are in front of the camera. "Neither are scalable, and if you're looking for use cases for a large ecosystem or an ocean scale, they're not useful. eDNA is a way to rethink that. From a cup of seawater, you filter those eDNA fragments which are cells ...

Brisbane Airport to use AI to cut emissions in buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... optimisation Derek Boo. "Based on our successful trial with BrainBox AI, we have identified several other opportunities to scale the program and we are looking forward to seeing the results." Since its launch in May 2019, BrainBox AI now manages over ...