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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... passion for sustainable investing led him to found Altiorem, a not-for-profit library and resource centre for sustainable finance research. Berrutti has previously spoken to FS Sustainability about Stewart Investors' approach to sustainable investing ...

Climate engagement escalation vital to responsible investing: Aviva Investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... stewardship team has continued its campaign to reform the international financial architecture in order to mobilise private finance to address the climate crisis," Versey said. Data and disclosure a major challenge Differences in the level of disclosure ...

Hejaz invests in Islamic Bank Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... standalone Islamic fund, while the Hejaz Equities Fund (ASX:ISLM) and Hejaz Property Fund (ASX:HJZP) were the first Islamic finance products to be listed on the ASX. Islamic Bank Australia currently holds a restricted ADI, reporting over 12,500 future ...

ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... it more cost effective for businesses, and it gives a clear signal to investors around the world to move the money to finance the sustainable future we need to get to." "The most important thing for me personally has been for the first time in a long ...

Aust Post launches inaugural sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia Post group chief financial officer Rodney Boys. "Delivered under Australia Post's newly established Sustainable Finance Framework, this demonstrates our commitment to create a more sustainable network and support community organisations across ...

Assessing the risks of psychosocial safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... potential financial risks due to negative impacts on workers and costs associated with lost productivity. Research shows that finance industry and corporate environments, alongside healthcare, pose the highest risk for psychosocial safety. At the RIAA ...

No pause button on greenwashing action: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... regulator to proactively supervise and enforce governance, transparency and disclosure standards in relation to sustainable finance-related products and services. This follows the government proposal to introduce a mandatory climate-change related disclosure ...

Renewable energy, climate in spotlight in Federal Budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... electrification and energy performance upgrades for social housing and $1 billion in new funding for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to offer solar, storage and electric upgrade finance to more than 170,000 homes. "This is in addition to the recent ...

CEFC invests $80m in Pacific Equity Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has allocated up to $80 million into a private equity strategy that will focus on decarbonisation across Australian mid-market infrastructure. The CEFC has invested in the $1.4 billion Pacific Equity Partners ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... protect and preserve the environment while generating economic returns by enabling access to environmental markets and finance for land managers and farmers.