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Zenith creates ESG framework for fund classification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... "includes an explicit RI/ESG objective - both measurable and reportable"; and impact, which targets investments aimed at generating a positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. By classifying manager activity ...

Ban on waste export presents risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... create 10,000 jobs, Frydenberg said. $190 million will go towards a new Recycling Modernisation Fund with the aim of generating $600 million of investment in Australia's recycling capacity, and $59.6 million will go towards for National Waste Policy ...

Call for education on difference between sustainable, impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... the perspective of doing no harm, it's about having an intention of investing with a specific idea in mind about generating a positive social and environmental impact." To that end, Zurich has launched the Healthcare Impact Fund, which is managed ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... addition to the following existing initiatives: More than 120 of the group's stores and two distribution centres are generating energy from solar panels. The group's network of solar panels generated 16,466 megawatt hours in.? Replacing traditional lighting ...

GreenCollar secures funding for Queensland carbon farming projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... into the Burdekin River, and ultimately the Great Barrier Reef. As part of these projects, GreenCollar will focus on generating an explicit price for the ecoysystem services that they produce from their activities and sell them into the market. "We want ...

MBS launches Centre for Sustainability and Business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... convening discussions across academia, business and government, Hoetker said. "As an academic institution, we are both generating and curating ideas," he said. "We are discussing what are evidence-based best practices. We want to use that to influence ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... make a profit. Barriers come into play. There are many stakeholders in a social transaction, and there are costs to generating outcomes. If you're employing people that are marginalised and it takes longer to train up, your social enterprise cafe or ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... solutions that do more than just reduce carbon exposure. They also want to allocate capital to more sustainable companies generating green revenues and those actively adapting to global warming and other environmental changes." The fund will target a ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... employed, with meaningful work, and the way in which we get traction on any of this that green/low carbon projects are generating good employment prospects. I don't see that there is an option to do a transition that isn't just, because we see ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... research, in 2017. Additionally, 87% of Australians think Australia's financial services sector has a role to play in generating positive social, environmental and economic outcomes for the country. Further, four out of five Australians think the Australian ...