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Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
As US states continue to count the votes in a historic election impacted by the COVID-19's pandemic risks and political volatility, financial market participants responded to the near term uncertainty and attempted to forecast potential outcomes of ...

Cost of no climate action to hit Australian economy: Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... the report, A new choice: Australia's climate for growth. Deloitte is recommending that business, industry and government set sector, organisation and economy-wide strategies to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The economic cost of doing nothing ...

Credit strategy links financial return to social, environmental impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Dean cited their investment in a bond issued by the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation, a federal government corporate agency (NHFIC) providing funding for community housing projects. "We have begun a dialogue with the NHFIC team to ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... integrating carbon transition considerations in their portfolio. J.P. Morgan Asset Management has outlined the ways in which government actions - both carrot and stick - will impact on economies, companies and investors. Australia's economy is particularly ...

Waste and recycling legislation to foster circular economy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... single resin/polymer plastics, and finishing with paper and cardboard in July 2024. To support this regulation, the government announced plans to spend $250 million over four years to modernise recycling infrastructure, divert more than 600,000 tonnes ...

Impact Investment Group names head of investor relations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... ACT. Goodman has a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, where she graduated cum laude with a concentration in Government and minor in Economics, and a Masters of Applied Finance from Macquarie University. Goodman sits on the boards of two non-profits ...

ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... ethically screened universe that looks for positive as well as screening out negatives. We tend to be on the right side of government policy, we tend to have some pretty progressive thought processes, so it adds value." BetaShares also cites integrity ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
The Australian arm of a global bank and a state government have become the first purchasers of Reef Credits - tradeable units measuring improvements to water quality flowing onto the Great Barrier Reef. HSBC Australia and the Queensland government have ...

Positive outlook for impact future: Conscious Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... fundamentally bringing people to housing, and in the case of disability accommodation, the rent is paid by the commonwealth government." However, the pipeline for social and disability housing remains tight, he added. "Of the four, the one that we don't ...

TCorp NSW issues $1.3 billion green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Social Bond Principles and Sustainability Bond Guidelines. The Sustainability Bond Framework also supports the NSW government environmental and social policies, strategies and goals, including the NSW Climate Change Policy Framework, NSW Government Resource ...