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New risks on board watch list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... clients and their staff." Directors are also extremely concerned about cyber-attacks (72%), as well as AI governance (35%). Housing affordability and supply (33%), government energy policy (25%), national skills shortages (83%), and board diversity (51%) ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... ethical stewardship engagement activity. In March last year, they sold their shares in Lendlease over the group's housing development in Sydney that risked the safety of a koala colony in the area. "We don't take divestment lightly. It is our ...

Australian Retirement Trust hires impact PMs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... investment management firm, managing the portfolio for the real assets impact strategy. Essentially, he looked after disability housing, build-to-rent and multifamily housing. Liu was the investment director for the four years to 2023. Previously, he ...

Impact investor boosts affordable housing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... through education and out-of-home care systems. In another case study, Specialist Disability Accommodation service Liverty Housing was able to acquire 42 homes for people with disability and complex care needs. "We are often early movers into new sectors ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... the report commissioned by the Super Members Council (SMC), Eslake said that decades of evidence clearly show that when housing demand outstrips supply, policies which have allowed Australians to pay more for housing that they would otherwise be able ...

Podcast: Investing in low-carbon, energy-efficient green buildings with Davina Rooney

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainable buildings. With buildings and building materials in hot demand, especially as the nation grapples with meeting its housing targets, momentum is growing on the sustainability side. To discuss, host Rose Mary Petrass, senior journalist at FS ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... launch a sovereign gender bond. It said it plans to use the proceeds from the $82 million (€50m) transaction to support housing, elder care and parental leave programs. Iceland offers six-month parental leave, the most generous leave entitlement in ...

NZ investors to buoy positive impact funds, fears greenwashing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... growing number of mainstream New Zealand funds with investments in positive issues such as renewable energy or social housing, albeit from a low base," the report noted. Harbour Sustainable Impact Fund is one of the positive impact funds on offer for ...

AustralianSuper, HESTA acquire majority stake in housing developer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
AustralianSuper and HESTA have taken a majority stake in a new housing company that seeks to provide institutional investors stable, long-term returns through large-scale housing investments across Australia. The new company, backed by the industry ...

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... knock-on effects for many of the other areas outside climate change that philanthropy funds, such as disaster recovery, housing and health. However, Martin is worried that global giving towards climate change mitigation had reached $4.5 billion in 2021 ...