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ESG not dead yet: Fidelity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... said. "As an active manager and steward of client capital, we have a part to play in moving towards a more sustainable economy which better takes into account system-level risk," Tan said. "But, as the survey highlights, there is no one way to create ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... stronger baseline environmental protection laws would eliminate uncertainty in environmental protection and be good for the economy. Around half of Australia's GDP has a moderate to very high dependence on healthy biodiversity and ecosystem, particularly ...

NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... emissions through $1-5 million loans. "Our transition to net zero emissions offers important growth potential right across our economy," said CEFC executive director, debt markets Richard Lovell. "This includes exciting new business opportunities for ...

ESG pay skyrockets - but gap widens

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... potential earnings package of $759,012. NZ salaries lag, averaging 26% lower than their Australian counterparts. "With the economy in recession, New Zealanders are leaving the country at a record rate and over half are coming to Australia," said Evans. ...

Green bank returns $5.4bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Neoen clean energy portfolio, and $90 million in FRV Australia portfolio. CEFC also invested $1.1 billion through the economy-wide general portfolio including $200 million with Rabobank Australia to help farmers plant trees for carbon sequestration ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... policy) for the national committee of Women in Economics Network (WEN). Tang has previously also been involved in circular economy standards-setting at the International Organization for Standardization, Standards Australia. She is also interested in ...

Salter Brothers secures green loan for luxury retreat

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... trust with our customers," Salter Brothers ESG manager Mei McNamara explained. "We are also transitioning to a low-carbon economy across all our hotels. Our retreats are already equipped with EV chargers... the loan will support the expansion of our ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... is a billionaire president, backed and bought by the world's richest man Elon Musk, running the world's largest economy. We present this report as a stark wake up-call that the futures of the vast majority of the global population are being crushed ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Although cautious about the broader global economy, Australian companies are confident about growth in 2025 and are pouring funds into decarbonisation - marking 2025 as an attractive entry point for green investors. The finding comes from a Capgemini ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... according to Zenith Investment Partners head of asset allocation Damien Hennessy. "Bond yields are rising because the US economy has been much stronger than expected, and the disinflation we have seen over the last 12 to 18 months in the US economy has ...