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Podcast: Inclusive product design with Amarachi Seery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... the investment manager as contributing to positive environmental or social change and thereby have an impact on the development of a sustainable global economy," which goes beyond that.

HESTA ups the ante on AGL, Santos on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... HESTA on the importance of engagement and in holding fossil fuel companies to 1.5°C pathways is an extremely welcome development," Kater said. "This level of transparency around engagement objectives with specific companies sets a new standard for best ...

Climate skills development needed: University of Technology Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... core finance qualifications..." Atherton said she is hopeful the study will continue on an annual basis to track the development of climate skills within the sector and to identify and address lingering gaps. Financial Standard is the official media ...

Podcast: Finding solutions to meet Net Zero 2050 with Viola Lutz

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... member of the team that developed the world's largest database of company-level climate change data and pioneered the development of leading, standardized investment climate screening tools. Lutz initially served as head of the ISS ESG Climate Consulting ...

Why Australian corporations should act on biodiversity loss and management

LOUISE CAMENZULI, JULIA GREEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... financial institutions, corporates and market service providers with US$19.4 trillion in assets, is a move closer to the development of a risk management and disclosure framework for organisations to report and manage evolving nature-related risks. In ...

VFMC hires ex-BHP ESG head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... The 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 ...

Defining financial, wellbeing impacts in housing: Kayne Anderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... purchasing what is classified as Class B housing -often housing in more suburban areas, roughly 20 years old, and the development of new properties Nunnink said. "We have targeted assets in 14 metropolitan areas," she said. "There's no shortage of demand ...

Minderoo Foundation, Illumina launch ocean biodiversity DNA project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... addition to using eDNA to mapping vertebrate life in ocean ecosystems, the partnership will also contribute to the development of a "dictionary" - the reference DNA genomes to identify the species of animals. "There are 20,000 species of marine fish ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation turns 10

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... essential grid and transmission infrastructure projects, including the Queensland Powerlink project and the EnergyConnect development in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, a combined $110 million in investments in two major Australian manufacturers ...

RBA warns of climate-related liability risk for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... decisions that will drive the adaptation and mitigation actions needed to manage the risks of climate change. "... The development of an Australian taxonomy is a key priority for Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative's (ASFI) 2022 work program. ...