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Australia among "least attractive" countries for green investment: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... cent of Australia's COVID-19 economic recovery spending was on 'green' initiatives, compared for example to Canada, which spent 74.5%. "Investors understand that climate risk is investment risk," said AIGCC and IGCC CEO Rebecca Mikula-Wright. ...

Mercer names global head of sustainable investment research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable investment research, and announced that they are expanding their global sustainable investment team in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Switzerland, US and UK. "As the world experiences seismic environmental and societal changes, we are committed ...

Global sustainable investment grows 15%: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Investment Alliance (GSIA) has revealed that the global sustainable investment industry has grown to US$35.3 trillion. Canada has the highest proportion of sustainably managed funds at 62% of total AUM, followed by Europe, on 42%, Australasia at 38% ...

Extreme weather, human rights intensifying ESG focus: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Janus Henderson. Pointing to current weather crises such as the recent heatwave across the US's Pacific Northwest and Canada, Janus Henderson sustainability analyst Amarachi Seery noted that the firm has had to expand the remit of natural disaster ...

Unite the league: investors join climate coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... projection used. "End-of-decade goals to reduce emissions have come into sharp focus with new commitments emerging from the US, Canada, Japan and the European Union in recent weeks," Herd said. "The Australian private sector must be ready to help our ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... team, children and families." Westpac acted as the sole sustainability structurer on the deal, while Westpac, Royal Bank of Canada and Commonwealth Bank of Australia have been appointed as joint mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners. The global SLL ...

Evolution Mining links value generation to sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... and adopt responsible water management practices." "In terms of the scenario planning, we work in tier one jurisdictions, Canada and Australia," Murfitt noted. "We look at our climate related risks and we have a Climate Risk Position statement." In terms ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... investing, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. J.P. Morgan Asset Management identified Russia, India, South Africa, Australia and Canada as being the most exposed. "We also highlighted that unlike some of the other countries, Australia is much better positioned ...

Brambles reports progress on 2020 sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... comes to Timber, we can also influence our supply chain, and we have our subcontractors going down the path as well. In Canada, not only were Brambles at zero, but our entire subcontractor base is zero landfill as well. That's something they participated ...

ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... have for a number of years included sustainability criteria in their investment assessments and valuation decisions. In Canada, for example: 80% of institutional investors in Canada use ESG principles as part of their investment approach. Assets in Canada ...