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Podcast: Getting ESG credentials - Tianna Rose

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... associate adviser at Verse Wealth. The CFA Institute in recent years has introduced the Certificate in ESG Investing in Australia, designed to give investment professionals the benchmark knowledge and skills they require to integrate ESG factors into ...

Fidante partners with Proterra Asia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... partnership its distribution support for Proterra Asia's food strategy will extend beyond the UK and Europe to also cover Australia, Japan, and other agreed jurisdictions. Challenger chief executive of funds management Victor Rodriguez commented ...

Forrest and US government back First Nations start-ups

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, Cairns, and Kempsey. Ten American investors will also travel to locations throughout Australia in late 2023 to meet with the angel investors and other Indigenous business leaders and organisations. Minderoo Foundation ...

Finance responds to new ISSB standards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability assessments. "Fundamentally, having more organisations talk about what they're doing around climate helps Australia move towards its goals and more broadly, the global community around taking climate action." Deloitte has partnered ...

Strong demand for green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Paribas Asset Management. Green bond and ESG analyst Xuan Sheng Ou Yong recently spoke with FS Sustainability while in Australia. "Bonds in general have come back to the table after a negative 2022," Ou Yong said. "Right now, when yields are 4-5% it's ...

Amid economic uncertainty, "overlooked" co-ops and mutuals thrive

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's top 100 co-operative and mutual enterprises saw revenue increases of 10.8% to $37.7 billion in the 2022 financial year, despite global and domestic economic uncertainty - with the greatest number being in the financial services sector, a ...

Australia not ready for sustainability benchmarks, consultants warn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... design and implementation of a standardised, internationally aligned climate and sustainability reporting regime in Australia that received 194 submissions, including 14 confidential submissions. "Currently Australia has no legislative power to formulate ...

$20.5 billion cash infusion for Australia's green bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... discounted consumer finance to increase sustainability across the housing sector, and $500 million for a new Powering Australia Technology Fund, "to support the growth or expansion of clean technology projects, businesses and funds to facilitate the ...

ISPT names first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... non-executive director on the Cleaning Accountability Framework (CAF) Board, is a member of the Property Council of Australia National Sustainability Roundtable and has participated in various working groups such as the Green Building Council of Australia ...

Podcast: Getting the balance right - Laura Ryan

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
In this episode senior journalist Rose Mary Petrass speaks with Laura Ryan, head of research at Ardea investment management, on her research surrounding promotion in the Australian finance industry. With two PhD's and more than two decades of experience ...