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Governance Institute taps former ASFA CEO for role as chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... regulator with ASIC and former CEO of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) as well as a non-executive director, lawyer and governance expert. Chair of the Independent Governance Review committee and past president John Mazengarb ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoint new head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... factors into our investment process across all of our portfolios," said Sophia Rahmani, Maple-Brown Abbott CEO and managing director. "We expect this will be even more important as risks around climate change and social issues like modern slavery become ...

Infrastructure to offer opportunity for decarbonisation investment: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... sectors are going to move at different paces in terms of the process to decarbonise," said ClearBridge Investments managing director and portfolio manager Nick Langley. "If you take 30 year timeframe, out to 2050, the first cab off the rank is the electricity ...

Sustainable finance initiative establishes permanent body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The renamed Australian Sustainable Finance Institute has appointed three initial Katharine Tapley, Michelle McPherson and Kristian Fok, who are taking the helm to lead this important delivery phase. "We are hugely thankful for the work driven over the ...

Carbon capture and storage questioned after Chevron result

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... emissions and is demonstrating Australia's world-leading capability in the area," said Chevron Australia managing director Mark Hatfield. "Once fully operational, the system will capture up to 4 million tonnes of CO2 annually and reduce greenhouse ...

Alphinity launches SDG-aligned fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... companies where nuance is needed. That committee includes Elaine Prior, an award-winning ESG pioneer and former managing director at Citi Research in Sydney, and lawyer Melissa Stewart, a Canadian modern slavery and human rights expert. "We do the work ...

Agriculture business signs first sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... strong views about sustainability outcomes as we transition the business to future generations," said Stockyard managing director Lockie Hart. "Commonwealth Bank approached us, introduced us to sustainability linked loans and how the bank can support ...

Activist group files climate resolution to AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... manage the energy transition to date, seeing its share price plummet by more than 70% since its peak in 2017," said ACCR director of climate and finance Dan Gocher, Director of Climate and Environment. "This erosion of shareholder value was done with ...

ACSI announces new president, deputy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... (ACSI). The HESTA CEO replaces Ian Silk, the outgoing chief executive of AustralianSuper. Michelle Gardiner, trustee director of Care Super, will take on the role of deputy president, replacing outgoing deputy president Antony Thow, who is also deputy ...

Global fund manager launches bond impact strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... pandemic has brought to the fore the need to tackle social and environmental issues head on," said Andrew Kleinig, managing director, head of Australia, Nuveen. "In response, we are seeing increasing demand from our clients for investment solutions that ...