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Perennial Partners expands sustainable offerings

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... and New Zealand companies, delivering positive social and environmental impacts aligned to sustainable development goals (SDG). There will be no changes to the Melior Australian Impact Fund's investment strategy, investment process or name. The strategy ...

Green moves: Eaton Capital Partners, UBS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
The head of UBS Global Wealth Management's NFP segment has taken on a new role, while Eaton Capital Partners has a new impact investment analyst. Zarmeen Pavri, a specialist in social impact strategies and investment, has joined the Centre for Social ...

'Surreal', 'difficult' times for sustainable investors: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
A leading voice for sustainable investing in the US admits the anti-ESG movement has been "difficult" and "surreal" as investors fear being overly scrutinised, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Conference heard. There are, however ...

Green moves: Alphinity, Australian Ethical, Climate Change Authority

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The Climate Change Authority has welcomed Gretta Stephens as a new member, just one month after her resignation as head of climate change and sustainability at BlueScope. The independent statutory body, set up to advise Canberra, highlighted Stephens' ...

ISS ESG introduces new Sustainability Bond Rating

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
ISS ESG launched a new Sustainability Bond Rating to give investors a sustainability impact and risk assessment at the issuance level of ESG or sustainability-linked bonds. It can be applied across bonds issued by both corporate and sovereign entities ...

Australia can be energy transition, climate leader

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Australia should seize the next four years as an opportunity to be a leader in climate investing and the energy transition by taking advantage of the US President Donald Trump's hardline anti-ESG stance, a panel of experts say. Australia has the ...

US rejects SDGs, Agenda 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The US has rejected the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030, which aim to end poverty and tackle climate change, under a new administration that is solely focused on putting America first. Minister counsellor to the United Nations ...

First Sentier terminates ESG infra fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
First Sentier Investors is winding up its Responsible Listed Infrastructure Fund. First Sentier has advised investors that the fund - both the hedged and unhedged classes - will be terminated on March 28. "Following careful consideration, First Sentier ...

New tool tackles climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... managers are using the tool "to help align their investment exposure to climate related risks, to their insurance exposure for SDG reporting and regulatory reporting related to climate," Sustainable Platform founder and chief executive Mark Andrich said. ...

Unloved sector poised to reap rewards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Smart investors are buying into firms angling to solve the agri-food sector's biggest challenges, says Tai Lin, managing partner at private equity giant Proterra Asia. Amid an escalating global food crisis and the urgency of climate change, the ...
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