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Moving towards an Australian Modern Slavery Act: what does it mean for business?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... environment for addressing modern slavery it has been recommended that appropriate resources be provided to assist with building understanding and training of managers and employees, as well as community awareness. resources to raise awareness of the ...

BetaShares launches Australian equities ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
BetaShares has launched a new ethical ETF for Australian equities. Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares The BetaShares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX: FAIR) "provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of Australian companies that ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... October in Kuala Lumpur. SIF is a network of leading insurance regulators and supervisors and has developed capacity-building tools and guidance for supervisors. Summerhayes also pointed out that the International Association of Insurance Supervisors ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... located in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT. Australian shopping centres account for 36% of commercial building energy consumption, and are a "relatively untapped opportunity" to reduce energy use and carbon emissions, said Ian Learmonth ...

ANZ Bank identifies climate change as component within credit risk, talks TCFD guidelines in 2017 Annual Review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Further, ANZ has established group-wide emissions reduction targets covering the emissions from the energy used across the building portfolio of commercial offices, branches and data centres. However, further details on the disclosures, including the ...

Russell Investments launches Low Carbon Global Shares Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... clients that want to gain a similar exposure at a decent price point. We have a tried and tested methodology, we've been building on a lot of the research we've done over the past three years, and we've designed a fund that many of our clients can access ...

New Forests purchases timberland estate in northern California

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... programs there are starting to explore blended finance." Settlement is expected in early 2018. "New Forests looks forward to building on Roseburg's long tradition of sustainable land stewardship and production forestry in Northern California," said New ...

CEFC, Right Click Capital invest in Redback Technologies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... potential to disrupt inefficient sectors and offers both financial backing and the benefit of its lengthy experience in building and scaling ambitious technology businesses. "The inherent inefficiencies within the energy sector in Australia makes it ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... alleviation by "1) fostering smart policies that increase market transparency and 2) promoting supply chain transparency by building domestic capacity for sustainability reporting," GRI said at the time. In 2015, DFAT provided AU$1 million in funding ...

IGCC survey finds institutional investors seeking to increase low-carbon investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... and asset classes and found that real estate and fixed income predominated. Real estate - and particularly commercial building space - was popular. There is more than 21 million square metres of Green Star certified green building space and over 16 million ...

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Green Moves: ACSI, PRI, HOPE Housing

ELIZABETH FRY
PRI chief executive steps down, while ACSI strengthens its ESG team with a Greenfluence founder and HOPE Housing hires a director to raise capital.

Industry fund dumps sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
Prime Super will remove the SRI Balanced option from its investments lineup, citing its poor performance.

Proposals against ESG, DEI to increase: Proxy advisor

MATT TOLEDO
Shareholder engagement is likely to change this year, ISS-Corporate says.

Australians reject net zero targets, polling claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
New polling suggests Australians are still not convinced a move to net zero is in their best interests, much preferring the government focus on affordability and reliability.

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