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Stewart Investors launches emerging markets sustainability fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... timeframe for investors is seven years. The GEM Leaders Sustainability strategy was first launched outside Australia in April 2020 and currently has assets under management globally of A$376m (as at 31 August 2021). "We have seen significant appetite ...

APAC data centre operator inks $2.1bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... operations in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. AirTrunk's existing corporate debt facilities were established in April 2020, and linking the $2.1 billion in existing finance and future financing to sustainability "will ensure a long-lasting ...

No all male-boards on ASX200 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... announced the appointment of Rebecca Prain as a non-executive director 17 August, while Kogan.com appointed Janine Allis 1 April. This means for the first time in history, there are no all-male boards at Australia's top 200 companies. When the AICD ...

Opinion: Mind the gap: Investors continue to stall on climate action, despite sentiment confirming its risks

DAVID KLAUSNER  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... and investors. And the broad regulatory regime in the U.S. might be changing, too, given that President Biden opened his April global summit on climate change with a pledge to halve emissions by 2030. Climate change is about more than just risk Over ...

Uptick in web application attacks on financial institutions: Imperva

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Labs finds that the number of requests per second (RPS) in Layer 7 DDoS attacks targeting financial services tripled since April 2021. In late 2020, Imperva also noted a considerable increase in the number of serious Ransom Denial of Service (RDoS) threats ...

Mitsubishi buys stake in Australian carbon credit developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... credits in the last two Emission Reduction Fund auctions, according to the Clean Energy Regulator 's website. In the April 2021 ERF auction, AIC reported it secured 28% of contracts. In the September 2020 ERF auction, AIC reported it secured 34% ...

Activist group files climate resolution to AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... currently chair of AGL Energy, will continue as chair when the company becomes Accel Energy. Botten was appointed chair in April 2021, having joined the board as a non-executive director in October 2016. Previously, Botten was managing director and CEO ...

New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Forests enrolled in California's climate program to conserve the properties for long-term carbon storage and growth. In April of this year, New Forests, the Yurok Tribe, and the Trust for Public Land announced a transaction that returned Ke'pel Creek ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... offering from mid-2021, and CBA CEO Matt Comyn told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in mid-April that the bank will perform credit background checks before extending the BNPL service to customers. "In some instances it's ...

QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... managed." A spokesperson for QSuper referred FS Sustainability to their climate risk policy, published on their website on 28 April. "QSuper is committed to using its strength as an investor to directly influence the reduction of carbon emissions that ...