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Alphinity launches sustainable ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... listed companies that Alphinity deems as having a "net positive alignment" to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), exceed Alphinity's minimum ESG criteria and offer "attractive prospective returns." Since launch in June 2021 XASG's ...

Mindaroo, QIC back FairSupply Series A fundraise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... CEO Kimberly Randle. "Our company's vision is to see market mobilised in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals," Randle said. "From launch, from providing a modern slavery product, we've expanded to carbon and biodiversity, and we will ...

Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... on specific policy areas," Treasury said. A Measuring What Matters framework would align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) approach, Petersen said. "To me, this is the first step on the road to a national budgetary process that aligns with ...

ASFI Summit to focus on sustainable finance progress, implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... social and environmental impact of investment, lending and insurance decisions in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. There will also be a discussion of regulatory and policy developments in Australia and around the world. "Where policy and ...

Cbus quits Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... structures to fund climate solutions if the world is to achieve both the Paris climate goals and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The call was signed by Carney, the UN special envoy for climate action and finance and UN high-level climate ...

VFMC hires ex-BHP ESG head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... fund has a "longstanding and ongoing focus" on several priority themes that broadly map to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Those priority themes cover governance and culture, climate risk management, modern slavery, human rights, ethical ...

VFMC hires to investment stewardship team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... fund has a "longstanding and ongoing focus" on several priority themes that broadly map to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Those priority themes cover governance and culture, climate risk management, modern slavery, human rights, ethical ...

Big Red Group appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... and the wider community." The ESG framework is centred around three pillars that align to the UN Sustainable Development Goals: less stuff more stories, connection to country, and experiential inclusion. "Over the next 12 months, Big Red Group will commit ...

ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... want to invest on companies that are investing in useful products and services as aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals and then we look at the ESG risks in that universe," King said. "We consider the universe of companies are going to be the ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... FS Sustainability that more is being done, even if it's not explicitly aligned to ESG or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Further, others say that the voting support for the new government, including Labor, independents and Greens members ...