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MLC Life sustainability manager joins impact firm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Sustainability and impact investment expert Désirée Lucchese has joined the board of a newly formed impact research and consulting firm as a non-executive director. Impact Alpha Partners (IAP), founded in 2023, sought Lucchese's expertise spanning ...

Podcast: Degrowth economics and social tipping points with Erin Remblance

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... de-growth and post-growth economics into their business strategies can address the ecological and climate crises. FS Sustainability senior journalist and host, Rose Mary Petrass, chats with Erin all about regenerative and sustainable systems, the concept ...

ISPT issues $1.5bn sustainably linked loan facility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Bank of Australia (CBA), ANZ, Westpac, and HSBC acted as joint mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners and joint sustainability coordinators. With the transaction, ISPT has taken its sustainability-linked loans to a total of $5.75 billion. Additionally ...

New fintech partnership tracks carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Bank, Suncorp Bank, Kiwibank, ING Group, and NatWest. "Many markets are primed for dramatic shifts towards sustainability and banks and large corporates are realising that now is the time to focus on partnering with innovative fintechs as ...

RIAA: Green bonds broaden investor appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Association of Australasia (RIAA Conference) to be held on May 1-2 at the ICC Sydney. For more details, click here. FS Sustainability is the media partner for the event.

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... this decade, with 7% to clean energy and 11% to buildings. ANZ has a combined 64% allocation towards tools such as sustainability-linked and facilitative finance. It is the only big four bank reportedly without a substantive policy to restrict financing ...

Aware Super appoints ESG, product and insurance heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... major companies to drive ESG best practice in real estate. Previously, Thomas held roles as group environmental sustainability manager at Stockland and director of sustainability for property and investment at Lendlease Americas. In the latter position ...

Preqin offers ESG benchmark for alternatives

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Goals (SDG), and Sharia Law. The yardstick allows investors to assess funds and fund managers as part of their sustainability strategy; it also allows fund managers to assess ESG fund performance and communicate performance outlooks and ESG credentials ...

Russell Investments introduces new ESG-focused ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... strengthen in Australia and, at the same time, investors seek investment solutions focused on the environment and sustainability. "RGOS gives investors access to quality investment ideas from multiple managers. In selecting these managers, we assess ...

Social impact groups bolster leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... to learn and even more to do!" Meanwhile, The Social Outfit, which took home the top award at the recent Banksia Sustainability Awards, appointed a new head of impact. Beverley Brock joins the ethical apparel brand from a background in fundraising for ...