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Science-based targets key to addressing the world's biggest challenges

LOUISE WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... there's any good news to flow from the pandemic it is that COVID-19 has increased the world's focus on climate change, biodiversity and the imperative of taking a sustainable approach to investing. For investors, the primary reason for this new ...

Future Super to reduce fees on fund options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... the fund said. Those savings are passed back to members. "We grow retirement savings to shape a future free from climate change and inequality," Hunter said. "Our primary objective is to ensure that our members have a comfortable retirement, and reducing ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... between workers made more vulnerable by the pandemic and overall human rights and modern slavery to the impacts of climate change. This year tested every principle of sustainability, from the bushfires that began the year to the COVID-19 pandemic. Far ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... to be called to the parliamentary inquiry, which media reports say will be chaired by MP George Christensen, a climate change sceptic. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has backed the inquiry, which was requested by Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt. "It ...

Green loans to finance light rail, battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... makes a direct contribution to Canberra's goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2045," Haughey said. "We know climate change is a central concern for investors, and we understand how complex it is to manage its risks. We are proud to play our part ...

Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... strategies to identify in companies that are either finding opportunities in, or facing, the challenges that come with climate change and the global transition to a lower carbon economy. The Environmental Absolute Return Thematic (EARTH) equity fund ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Asia. The DWS ESG Advisory Board members are Peter Damgaard Jensen, chairman of the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the main European investor body focused on climate change. He is also former CEO of the Danish Pension Fund PKA ...

Risk management to grow in importance: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... cybersecurity are expected to be the three key drivers of change in 2025, according to the study, but by 2030, climate change, artificial intelligence and business continuity and resilience are expected to dominate. "One of the key lessons we're learning ...

Super fund shuffles team, investment chief steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... its chief investment officer and the appointment of a chief risk officer. Future Super, the super fund focused on climate change action with almost $1 billion in funds under management, has undergone some changes. Namely, its chief investment officer ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... executive director of research and compliance at Rainmaker Information, noted that there are more than 20 ESG and climate change signatory groups with which super funds and investment managers are involved. "To craft like-for-like comparisons at a granular ...