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Green investors face short-term bumps

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Sustainability trends will stay the path despite short-term challenges, according to the latest prediction from an international sustainable asset manager. Robeco's outlook on sustainable investing finds ongoing global economic headwinds have caused ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia is making inroads, it is the 14 th largest carbon emitter in the world. The spotlight is on the top emitters - China, the US, India and the European Union collectively account for 60% of total carbon emissions each year. At this rate, the Global ...

Australia's chance to step up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... policy won't sway Australia's bilateral relationships with major trading partners like South Korea, Japan, Europe and China. However, financiers are seeing challenges with price, power purchase agreements (PPA), and long-term energy storage. ...

Raising the bar on gold integrity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... some of the biggest gold buyers in the world, alongside tech companies that rely on gold for electronic components. While China, Australia, the US and Canada dominate large-scale mining, smaller countries like Suruname, Papua New Guines, Ghana and Burkina ...

Ausbil steps up slavery crackdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... has taken multiple international field trips to research slavery and other labour rights abuses, including to Hong Kong, China, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Thailand. "A key focus for Ausbil is drawing attention to this very real risk to Australian companies ...

Green moves at MSCI, Future Fund, Minderoo, U Ethical

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... and friends. He's sat on the European Commission's High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and the People's Bank of China's Green Finance Taskforce, chaired the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA), and advised the Scottish Taskforce for ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... "Will these submarines operate essentially under US command in the context of a conflict, which will presumably be with China?" he said. "We don't usually talk about going to war with people, but also, the lack of discussion has been such that there's ...

UN PRI bolsters APAC expertise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... signatories," Osaki said in a public statement. He will also be based in Sydney, working with core APAC markets in Australia, China and Japan. Osaki previously worked at EY. UN PRI is currently seeking to bolster its labour resources and looking for ...

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Guidelines through ties to Hikvision, a surveillance company linked to alleged human rights abuses against Uyghur minorities in China. For the first time, the watchdog ruled banks have responsibility for passive investments through index funds. In 2019 ...

Super fund moves: Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Mine Super and Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... an associate analyst covering Australian equities, at NAB as a performance analyst, at KMPG as a tax consultant, and at China Citic Bank in Beijing as an international trade analyst. In other moves, Anthony Fedele has joined Mine Super as an investment ...
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