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Census "a missed opportunity" on key questions: Diversity Council Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Council of Australia. "The Census is an incredibly important tool for providing information to support the planning, administration and policy development activities of governments, business and other users," said DCA CEO Lisa Annese. "If we don't capture ...

Strong fund flows into sustainable products: BT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable investment products, according to data from BT. BT Panorama has seen a 60% increase in funds under administration in funds that they deem "prioritising sustainability" said Jessie Pettigrew, head of ESG and sustainability at BT. Prioritising ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Timed to commemorate Earth Day 2021, FS Sustainability has received a plethora of announcements and commitments from investors, businesses and beloved consumer goods pledging action on climate change. To name and annotate each organisation making a ...

State Street launches ESG service for securities lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Street's Agency Lending Program, State Street said. State Street has US$38.8 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration. Securities lending arrangements permits the beneficial owner of a security to lend it for a specified period of time ...

C-suite executives cite climate as top risk to growth: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Most of our business here are still exposed to the global market, and how much change will come from the change in administration in the US, the announcement in China that they will go net zero by 2060. That's an interesting one that I think hasn't ...

Calculating the social cost of carbon: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... different SCC values have been used over the last decade." Dimensional also pointed out that in February, the Biden administration updated its guidance on how the SCC should be used in rulemaking, commenting "although the newest US federal guidance does ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... chair, European Business Organisations. "that's always a risk and particularly when you have, for example, a US administration that is about transactional deals and putting to one side the international system for working things out, such as the ...

Ausbil drops fossil fuel companies from sustainable fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... and we've seen countries and corporates making pledges towards next zero," Carlsson said. "China, the new US administration take climate change very seriously and you can see where this is heading. Companies have increasingly made net zero commitments ...

Clean Energy-based ETF to list on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... potential to transform industries, society and the world." VanEck cited statistics from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts, pointing out that power generation coming from renewable sources, such as wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... think." Herd also raised the possibility of the US implementing a price on carbon. "I think we're under the Biden administration we are going to see carbon pricing coming thru as a prominent policy option which is pursued, and this will create interesting ...