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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," ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Unity Green Bond Fund has more than $150 million in assets under management (as at 30 April 2021) and holds a range of government and credit securities to provide both impact and the potential for regular quarterly income distributions, Altius said. ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... really need to step in to fill the void." The EU has set standards on disclosure, and T. Rowe Price expects the US government will also come out with disclosure requirements. T. Rowe Price guides its investee companies toward industry best practice disclosure ...

Why the move to clean energy won't be enough

ALISTAIR MILLS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change: Opportunity in the face of catastrophe 2020 was planet Earth's hottest on record - a fact that many would be forgiven for missing in what can only be described as a tumultuous year. Outside of the COVID pandemic, global weather patterns ...

Oil and gas industry debate green hydrogen future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA). Future Energy Exports CEO Eric May noted that the current government target of hydrogen as a fuel source at under $2/kg works out to a comparative price of around $16 per gigajoule, where the ...

New fossil fuel exploration acreage released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference was timed with an announcement from the federal government that new offshore petroleum exploration acreage has been released. The areas off the coasts of Western Australia, Victoria ...

APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... championing of LNG as a green alternative to other fossil fuels may have had an impact, with the organisation citing the government recognising gas as a part of its COVID-19 recovery plan as one of its key accomplishments for 2019-2020. In September ...

KiwiSaver exclusions not necessarily a performance drag: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... executive Australia and New Zealand Bjorn De Smedt, a co-author of the analysis. "It is right to question the impact of government policy on KiwiSaver performance - in this instance it appears likely that the outcomes will be favourable to beneficiaries," ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... identify the broader funding pathways for both public and private finance to drive scale within the low carbon economy." Government signals through policy shifts would help to catalyse private investment, Bungcaras said. "The EU is probably leading in ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Companies in the financial sector are building momentum towards implementing the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI), including aspects of integrating sustainability into day to day practice. ASFI has released its first momentum report ...