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Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
HESTA has hired Kim Farrant as general manager responsible investment. She will report to head of impact Mary Delahunty and will be responsible for working within the investment management team to progress HESTA's responsible investment strategy and ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
When Fiona Reynolds arrived in London nearly nine years ago to start in her new role as CEO of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), she still had to explain in presentations that ESG wasn't merely a "tree-hugging side issue," ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Reforestation, ecosystem regeneration and other projects will not only protect and restore biodiversity but could also support local communities and present a source of financial activity in the Asia Pacific region. The Carbon Market Institute (CMI) ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Australian Unity's Green Bond Fund has signed its first superannuation fund investor. NGS Super has invested in the Green Bond Fund as part of its strategy to become carbon neutral by 2030. The Australian Unity Green Bond Fund invests in a combination ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
A leading ASX100 company is issuing Australia's first sustainability-linked bond (SLB). Wesfarmers' $1 billion issuance will see the interest rate of the bonds linked to progress against specific renewable energy and emissions performance targets. ...

ESG ratings "just opinions": Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... ratings, but as opinions - not unlike the buy/hold/sell opinions that have been issued by sell-side analysts for decades." But ISS ESG global head of ESG thought leadership Duncan Paterson said that ESG research differs in several ways to sell side analysis ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Only 19% of ASX200 boards have primary accountability for preventing and responding to sexual harassment and it remains unclear who in the company holds accountability, new research shows. The report, Equality across the board: Investing in workplaces ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change, diversity, and systemic inequality topped the engagement list for T. Rowe Price, with the global fund manager pressing for improved disclosure from corporations and asset managers on ESG issues. T. Rowe Price has issued its third ESG ...

Role of oil and gas in net zero emission future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
The role of gas as a fuel source during the transition to a net zero world economy by 2050 was an issue of sharp debate at a panel during the conference for Australia's leading oil and gas industry group in Perth. Representatives from the Investor Group ...

Oil and gas industry debate green hydrogen future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Establishing a successful Australian hydrogen industry hinges on managing three challenges - cost, scale, and social acceptance, according to a panel of experts speaking at the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA). Future ...