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How investors manage risk in a new AI world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... intelligence (AI), investors can potentially reap the rewards from a plethora of efficiency-maximising opportunities to automate core business processes in the companies they invest in. But are also faced with new and ever-evolving risks. From cybersecurity ...

Standard Chartered Bank gets first head of social sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Intelligence Unit within SCB's financial markets division. She joined the company in 2020 after leaving Citi as Pan Asia head of core sales. She will identify and drive social sustainability opportunities with philanthropic partners and colleagues across ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... consequences of our actions in financial and societal terms - setting ambitious sustainability goals at an enterprise level is a core part of our approach to drive positive change," said Andrew McCaffery, global CIO at Fidelity International "As the ...

Singapore fund invests in sustainable tourism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability gaps, regulations and guidelines. These new skillsets will allow trainees to integrate sustainability as a core value across the tourism ecosystem. Ascott has also added two more of its properties to be GSTC-Certified, towards its goal ...

UniSuper invests with NorthStar Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... address social and environmental challenges. NorthStar defines those issues based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with core focus areas including affordable housing, education, health care, land and resource management, and renewable energy ...

APRA strengthens super fund ESG responsibilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... executive manager, programs, Estelle Parker. "This highlights the regulators' expectations that ESG factors are part of the core duties for trustees," Parker said. "There is now no ambiguity around whether or not trustees need to consider ESG risk ...

Untapped talent: Australia missing out on $50b in GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Australia has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disability in the OECD and could add over $50 billion to its GDP by 2050 if it tapped into this talent pool, according to new research from the Business Council of Australia (BCA) and ...

Charter Hall sets records for sustainable office portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... rated portfolio by area and volume. With approximately 340 assets rated, its portfolio is over 6.70 million sqm across its core sectors. The company has a 2025 target for net zero in Scope 1 and 2 emissions, thanks to a renewable electricity power purchase ...

CPA's putting the 'S' in ESG: How does Canada compare?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... share similar contexts and have much to learn from each other. In Canada, as in Australia, many companies now view ESG as a core strategic concern and the pandemic accelerated the adoption of social disclosures. In May, Canada passed federal anti-slavery ...

New Forests adds California forestry assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... exposure to integrated forest, land and agriculture markets in Australia and New Zealand. ANLAFF will target investments into core forestry plantations in selected investment regions, processing and logistics companies, and some exposure to primary agriculture ...