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COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
The next UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November is expected to focus on implementing commitments made at last year's conference, with the role of countries like Australia as well as investors and business to become enhanced. In preparation ...

Perennial awarded $100m Mercer mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... Perennial Better Futures strategy invests in companies that often operate in global markets in areas that improve environmental or social outcomes such as healthcare, education, renewable energy, technology improving energy efficiency or resource use ...

State of the Environment report a wake up call for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... number one thing is resourcing and partnerships," he said. " Not surprisingly, in Australia, we have quite strong environmental infrastructure and environmental conservation infrastructure. We have some very large environmental conservation not for profits ...

Strong demand for ESG products, but education needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... concern for advisers is for a clearer understading of impact and how fund managers demonstrate positive social and environmental impact, Guild said. "There is as call out and an increasing trend for providers and research houses to actually explain in ...

Resource efficiency a marker for investment performance: Osmosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Companies that are more resource-efficient, including efficiency in managing environmental factors, are more likely to provide stronger risk-adjusted returns, according to Osmosis Investment Management. Osmosis uses its in-house research process to ...

LGT Crestone hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... Wealth Management's deputy chief investment officer Kevin Wan Lum. She is tasked with managing Crestone's environmental impact through ESG and sustainability-related initiatives and "plays a crucial role in ensuring the firm's core sustainability ...

CEFC, Qantas Super back low carbon "enabler" fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Qantas Super have allocated a combined $100 million to an Ellerston Capital fund that will focus on investing on companies that are enabling carbon abatement. CEFC and Qantas Super have each invested $50 ...

ASX 100 chief executive bonuses hit record highs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... and/or policies proposed by companies, namely where there was a lack of proper alignment and accountability for environmental and social performance relevant to the company's business strategy and operations, where there was a lack of proper disclosure ...

EY calls for "fundamental revisit" of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... debate around the fundamental questions of corporate sustainability." "The corporate block is the greatest source of environmental impact in the global private sector, and we won't achieve sustainable development without the corporate sector," said EY ...

Australian miners top list as critical minerals demand grows: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... government to revoke Rio Tinto's operating permits for the group's US$2.4bn Jadar lithium project in response to environmental protests, noting "the decision eliminated almost one-third of future European lithium production." "[The mining sector] ...