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AXA IM sets ESG targets for executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Global fund manager AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) will include ESG targets as part of the long-term incentives of senior executives. Beginning this year, the deferred compensation of around 400 people at AXA IM that will start to be paid in 2024 ...

Heavy industry could decarbonise with ambitious action: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... 92% by 2050, based on 2020 levels, said Australian Industry ETI chair, Simon McKeon. The remaining 8% could be offset with "high quality and verifiable" offsets, he said. The report further outlines how over 1.3 million jobs could be created between ...

Centuria acquires SA agricultural property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... "receives up to 30% more winter sunlight than other greenhouses around Australia, providing a natural competitive advantage on high value periods of truss production." "This high-quality glasshouse facility was constructed in 2016, incorporating modern ...

Podcast: Mind the (climate skills) gap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance professionals in Australia, "more than three quarters of respondents say that climate skills are in moderate to high demand in their organisation," but 67% say that there is less supply than demand, and 40% say there is "much less ...

ARENA backs concentrate solar power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... commencing late 2025. According to ARENA, "CSP uses mirrors to concentrate and capture heat from the sun in solar receivers, with high temperature heat transferred via sodium and stored in molten salt. "The stored heat can then be used to heat water ...

Platinum hires ESG expert as head of stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Platinum Asset Management has hired a head of stewardship. Julia Bailey joins Platinum from Melior, where she was head of advocacy. Platinum head of investment Douglas Isles cited Bailey's almost 20 year-experience as an investment analyst and her ...

Testing ESG impacts on US pension fund returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... that are more likely to ban ESG investment strategies, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker recently conducted a high-level study of US state pension funds' investment returns, analysing the 2022 investment results of 50 US state pension funds ...

Government introduces gender pay gap bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
New legislation to close the gender pay gap has been introduced, requiring employers to publish pay gap data for increased transparency. The Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023 requires employers with 100 or more ...

Alphinity launches sustainable ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... funds management Victor Rodriguez. "Australia's growing ETF market is driven by customer demand for easy, any time access to high performing liquid products," Rodriguez said. "Over the past 12 months we have invested in enhancing our digital capabilities ...

Super Housing Partnerships taps property leader as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Super Housing Partnerships (SHP) has named a property heavyweight as its new CEO. Carolyn Viney, former Vicinity executive and Grocon CEO, will join SHP, which is a specialist affordable housing fund manager focused on increasing the housing supply ...