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Disability advocate heads up sustainability at State Street

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... owner segment. She is also a champion of State Street's inclusion, diversity, and equity program and serves as the co-executive sponsor of their Disability Awareness Alliance. In this role, Donohue will lead State Street's sustainability efforts across ...

Japan renewables get boost from Singapore tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... "We are very pleased to go forward with Envision Digital to the new era following Japan's feed-in tariff," JRE chief executive Yasuyuki Kaneko said. Japan this year announced that, beginning in fiscal year 2024, it will incentivise investment in renewables ...

Origin Energy acquires 5% stake in battery cleantech Allegro

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... a cleaner, cheaper, and safer global storage solution to the worldwide energy market," Allegro co-founder and chief executive Thomas Nann commented. "Origin's stake in Allegro provides strong evidence of the need by energy retailers and others in the ...

Cleaning up diversity-washing boosts business performance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... companies were "more likely to incur discrimination violations and pay larger fines for these actions". Financy chief executive Bianca Hartge-Hazelman said DEI-washing is common in Australia. "Although well-intentional, many initiatives designed to improve ...

Singapore to scale climate data with CDSC NZDPU partnership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... requires synergy and inter-operability across various climate-related data platforms in the world," he said. SGX chief executive Loh Boon Chye commented that the collaboration will scale climate disclosures globally. It is "a significant step in facilitating ...

Chinese listed companies that invest in ESG show higher quality financial reporting: Study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... change, waste and pollution, deforestation, and resource depletion." "Factors that determine the quality of governance are executive pay, corruption, board composition, board diversity, board structure, political affiliations and tax strategies." The ...

Nature Market Repair Bill: why some farmers oppose biodiversity offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Biodiversity Act which would mean new projects must be assessed for their climate impact. Farmers for Climate Action chief executive Fiona Davis said the group is concerned about productive farmland being cleared by large investors to produce offsets ...

BlackRock raises $500m for Super Battery

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... in the WSB include the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and NGS Super. Clean Energy Finance Corporation chief executive Ian Learmonth said: "Long and short duration storage assets are critical to building an energy network fit for purpose in the ...

Executive appointment roundup: First Sentier, MaxCap, Northcape, Federated Hermes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
It's been a big week for executive appointments in responsible investment and sustainable finance, as industry leaders bolster their ESG teams and sharpen their sustainability strategies. N ew director for First Sentier's MUFG Sustainable Investment ...

Plibersek announces crackdown on offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... ecosystems that cannot be offset, as their conservation value is far too significant. Jacqui Mumford, NCC NSW chief executive commented: "It's great to see the Minister recognise and respond to the fact that there has been no reporting to track whether ...