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Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Decarbonisation Futures: Solutions, actions and benchmarks for a net zero emissions Australia, outlining pathways where technology, business and investor action and government policy can be deployed to reach global goals of keeping warming below 1.5 ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... years end 31 December are postponed for two months - until the end of July - and will support the use of appropriate technology to hold hybrid or virtual AGMs, where permitted under a company's constitution and provided shareholders are afforded a reasonable ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... our portfolio is a company called Genetic Signatures, which has been up over 50%," Cottier said. "It has developed technology which improves testing for infectious diseases, and announced last week it's developed a test for COVID virus, which has ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... are going to have a hard time recovering if we don't pay attention." Robynne Quiggin, professor at the University of Technology Business School and Law Faculty, noted that Indigenous communities are in a moment of crisis in responding to the coronavirus ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... in on them, adjusting to phone calls rather than face-to-face meetings. People now have to get up to speed with new technology that they've avoided in the past because so much is going to be done virtually. It is a learning moment for everyone simultaneously." ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... feed into Praemium's existing capabilities that permit customisation of portfolios. "We've always had longstanding technology that can be used to exclude, hold or substitute securities, so customisation as a broader term," Cilmi said. "That technology ...

KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... lightbulb moments. " There are greater opportunities to assess risk and sustainability opportunities around human rights as technology progresses and data improves, Boele said. "We're seeing, internally, enormous speed with which we're applying technology ...

Future IM/Pact builds database of female students interested in finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... will have an early career program, targeting women 21-26 who are already in research and analytical roles - medicine, technology, economics, investment banking, any of that cores kill set in critical thinking and data analysis, and we will do research ...

Calix outlines case for carbon capture and storage in cement and lime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... member states to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) will have to be part of the technology solution, according to Australian technology company Calix. Phil Hodgson, CEO, Calix Phil Hodgson, CEO of the ASX-listed ...

AXA IM develops carbon footpath strategy based on forward climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... are refusing to make decisions and therefore are backed into a corner because of changes in regulation or changes in technology." "Carbon emissions are heavily skewed into the utilities, energy, industrials, and mining sectors," McDonald said. "If we ...