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ESG goes mainstream: How the role has changed and what lies ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... insurance company Bupa's director of sustainability and ESG Mel Cutler and Andrew Sellick, principal sustainability - global infrastructure at the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) - a Queensland Government-owned investment company. According ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... impacts, active stewardship and how to decarbonize their portfolios, according to Northern Trust Asset Management's global head of sustainability and stewardship. Julie Moret is in Australia to meet with clients and spoke with FS Sustainability on ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... elements and includes metrics, target setting guidance, sector and biome (including rainforest) guidance. The TNFD is a global initiative first launched in June 2021 to deliver a risk management and disclosure framework on the impacts of nature-related ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... "Asia may not be the biggest financial market, but it's the biggest carbon emission market in that it has around 40% of global GDP, but contributes 51% of new CO2 emissions," said Barclays Asia head of ESG research Dave Dai. "What's interesting is that ...

Insured losses from natural catastrophes $150 billion in 2022

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Natural disasters resulted in global economic losses of $410 billion (US$275b) in 2022, a new report has found, with just $150 billion (US$125b) covered by insurance. The report from Swiss reinsurance company Swiss Re revealed that record-breaking damage ...

Podcast: Decarbonisation and the EMUs - Julie Moret

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
In this episode, we're joined by Northern Trust Asset Management's global head of sustainability and stewardship Julie Moret. Julie will explain how managing investors' capital is like good practice in camping (it involves returning it in a more sustainable ...

The four-day work week - will it work?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... than 20 Australian businesses are currently taking part in a separate trial organised by non-profit initiative 4 Day Week Global. Tractor Ventures provides non-dilutive strategic funding for Australian and New Zealand based tech companies. With a team ...

Brookfield consortium to buy Origin Energy for $18.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... achieving Australia's net zero targets," said Brookfield Asia Pacific CEO Stewart Upson. "We will build on the success of our global renewable power and transition business where we have a mandate to 'go where the emissions are' in putting billions of ...

Time is running out: latest IPCC report says 1.5°C is "likely"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... and private finance flows for mitigation and adaptation are far outweighed by fossil fuels. According to projections the "global economic benefit of limiting global warming to 2°C exceeds the cost of mitigation in most of the assessed literature". While ...

Apostle Funds Management launches carbon credit fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
TelstraSuper has backed Apostle Funds Management's new global carbon credit fund, which offers exposure to carbon prices through five major global markets. The Apostle Global Carbon Credit Fund offers exposure to global carbon markets for sophisticated ...