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MLC Life sustainability manager joins impact firm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... non-executive director. Impact Alpha Partners (IAP), founded in 2023, sought Lucchese's expertise spanning environmental science, climate risk and sustainable finance. As FS Sustainability 's sister magazine Industry Moves reported in April, Lucchese ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... classes captured within the banks' SFTs, is unlikely to turn this bleak picture around at the speed and scale the climate science demands. The banks should "advocate for more ambitious and coordinated policy, regulatory and investment settings that reflect ...

Three innovations to fix carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... innovations: Carbon projects that incentivise the protection and restoration of ecosystems, Infrastructure for a strict science-based nature repair market that complements the carbon market, and A new public fund to kick-start nature markets. It is also ...

MLC Life hires from U Ethical

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... active stewardship activities with portfolio companies, key stakeholders, and industry peers. With a background in climate science, sustainability best practice and infrastructure planning, Lucchese worked for the EU Commission, the UK's Capital ...

Key sector could boost economy by $100 billion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... in universities, research institutions, and innovative businesses, the economy would be bolstered by 42,000 new jobs. Science & Technology Australia (STA) president, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) professor Sharath Sriram made the case ...

Greenwashing remains a priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... around sustainability if they fear that they will be in collision with the regulators, he said. "It should be done when the science is settled. We're not at that point yet." Scott Perkins, chair at Woolworths, said that curtailing the aspirations ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
The ongoing debate over asset benchmarking, regulation, and ESG investment versus science-based targets has led top practitioners to tread more carefully on asset allocations and geographical spread. The global responsible investment industry has in ...

Funds SA hires ESG expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... investment-focused positions. The recruit recently returned to Adelaide after spending the second half of 2023 studying a Master of Science (Public Policy and Management) in the USA. Before the study break, she worked at Duxton Capital in the ESG team ...

Climate tech gets funding boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... investment from collaborating partners. "Great ideas create great products, which create great jobs," minister for industry and science Ed Husic said. "That's why we're supporting science and industry collaboration with this $51 million, backing great ...

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change says this commitment is "ambitious" - however, independent science-based research group Climate Action Tracker ranks Japan's target as "insufficient". Starting in 2028 the Japanese government ...
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