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Treasury mandates APRA must consider climate risk in duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... mandatory climate reporting and conducted a wide consultation on that process. Treasury is also developing a comprehensive sustainable financing strategy which will be released in the second half of 2023. The strategy will include development of new ...

Greening the 2032 Brisbane Olympics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The 2032 Brisbane Olympics are an opportunity to set "a new sustainable paradigm" and transform the way infrastructure is designed, built, operated and maintained, according to AECOM and the Infrastructure Sustainability Council. The consultant and ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing as form of greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... regulator's focus on ESG action and disclosure by companies - what he called governance, greenwashing and the growth of sustainable finance. Longo noted that for institutions "it's not a question of 'shareholder returns or ESG', but of ...

Robeco defines key business sustainability impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Directive (CSRD) standards in their assessment. "The concept of double materiality is an important element of the EU's Sustainable Finance Action Plan and is an important part of our approach to sustainable investing," Robeco said. "Double materiality ...

Podcast: Is stewardship a sword or a shield for investors - Pablo Berrutti

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors Senior Investment Specialist Pablo Berrutti joins the podast to talk about sustainable investing, what is stewardship and how his passion for sustainable investing led him to found Altiorem, a not-for-profit library and resource centre ...

Climate engagement escalation vital to responsible investing: Aviva Investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... than ever." Aviva Investors' £47 billion Real Assets business exceeded its 2025 target to originate £1 billion of sustainable transition loans three years early with the launch of its Climate Transition Real Assets Fund. The company also released a ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... of the top five global asset managers - BlackRock, Vanguard and SSGA - uncovered that despite public commitments to sustainable investing, their sustainability funds consistently opposed biodiversity proposals 80-100% of the time Notably, none of these ...

CSIRO to build Australia-first mobile hydrogen generator

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... to address some of the critical obstacles hindering the expansion of the hydrogen sector, ensuring a reliable and sustainable hydrogen supply for various applications and facilitating the safe and efficient production of hydrogen at off-grid locations. ...

Hamilton Lane raises $370m for second impact fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... larger than its predecessor fund. This brings the private markets investment management firm's total impact and sustainable capital to more than $850 million raised since early 2021, the fund announced. During the same period the firm also raised ...

Podcast: ESG investment - the state of play

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... this episode brought to you by CFS Thrive+, we'll be discussing what retail investors want when it comes to ESG and sustainable investment products and how financial advisers can help their clients decide where to put their hard-earned dollars. Joining ...