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VFMC hires to investment stewardship team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 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 ...

Big Red Group appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... stakeholders 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 ...

ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... metrics. "We 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 ...

BlackRock in $1bn capital commitment to battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... noted that Australia requires "several GW of battery storage deployment in the near term and is a key market for the development of this technology both in the Asia-Pacific region and globally," and that batter storage has a critical role in transition. ...

Uncovering value in ESG improvers: Pengana

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... important and helpful in improving the companies' ESG rankings and most importantly their outlook for a positive development both in the overall quality of the enterprise and then as a report card, potentially, in their score." Amoils cited the example ...

Fixing Australia's complicated carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... of those areas." "It makes sense - and it is in Australia's national interest - to play a leading role in the development of a liquid, high integrity and effective global carbon market," said Climate Change Authority CEO Brad Archer. "Bringing voluntary ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... tell 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 ...

HESTA, ISPT invests in medical office development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... its existing administration, office and health services from other hospital and satellite campuses. ISPT and HESTA's development proposal will see the existing heritage-listed Brenan Hall be retained and incorporated into the ground floor of the 12 level ...

Invest in sustainable development for positive return: RadiantESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Companies that are positively aligned with sustainable development show positive investment tailwinds, according to US investment management firm RadiantESG Recently, RadiantESG has been selected as sub-adviser on a US mutual fund with US$30 million ...

ESG product definitions a matter for legislation: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... moment, together with some of the other [Council of Financial Regulators] COFR agencies as well, we're watching the development of the industry led taxonomy project," she said. "It's really important for us to hear industry views around this ...