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Climate skills development needed: University of Technology Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... into sustainable finance skills, with a particular focus on climate skills. The research follows similar studies done in Canada and Ireland that uncovered a gap in the skills that the financial services industry needs, with Atherton saying it was suspected ...

Australia's C-Suite cite climate change as chief concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... globally are proactively managing ESG and sustainability impacts, with around a third of respondents from Indonesia, India and Canada and 46% from China reported falling short in this area. " The other call out to me is the big shift we've seen - ...

Bank Australia taps NAB executive as chief impact officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Science from ANU, an MSc from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from York University in Canada.

Leading Harvest to bring ag sustainability standard to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Harvest is working with inaugural pilot program participants Manulife Investment Management Agriculture Services (Australia), Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), RRG Capital Management, Warakirri Asset Management and affiliate ...

Munro Partners, GSFM launch climate ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... as an ETF was an opportunity to add an additional distribution channel, Calvert said. "This product has been running in Canada since July of last year," Calvert noted. "We felt that AOI/thematic message people understood and were interested in, so with ...

ASX companies in SSGA's sights over climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... change," and increasing and enhancing diversity on boards and in workforces. "We expect companies in major indices in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, and Australia to align with climate-related disclosures requested by TCFD, including whether the company ...

Australia among "least attractive" countries for green investment: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... cent of Australia's COVID-19 economic recovery spending was on 'green' initiatives, compared for example to Canada, which spent 74.5%. "Investors understand that climate risk is investment risk," said AIGCC and IGCC CEO Rebecca Mikula-Wright. ...

Mercer names global head of sustainable investment research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable investment research, and announced that they are expanding their global sustainable investment team in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Switzerland, US and UK. "As the world experiences seismic environmental and societal changes, we are committed ...

Global sustainable investment grows 15%: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Investment Alliance (GSIA) has revealed that the global sustainable investment industry has grown to US$35.3 trillion. Canada has the highest proportion of sustainably managed funds at 62% of total AUM, followed by Europe, on 42%, Australasia at 38% ...

Extreme weather, human rights intensifying ESG focus: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Janus Henderson. Pointing to current weather crises such as the recent heatwave across the US's Pacific Northwest and Canada, Janus Henderson sustainability analyst Amarachi Seery noted that the firm has had to expand the remit of natural disaster ...