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Lowe hands down RBA board shake up

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... undertake five-yearly open and transparent reviews of the monetary policy framework. Lowe also reinforced that climate change will remain a central area of concentration for the bank. The government's review panel further identified opportunities ...

CEFC backs agriculture investment platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
... also producing around 17% of national emissions while being exposed to climate extremes. "The long-term impact of climate change on the agriculture sector and its critical role in food and fibre production is an important problem to tackle in a world ...

Treasury mandates APRA consider climate risks in duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... insurers. "For the first time, the government is explicit in requiring the regulator to consider risks related to climate change as part of its work," Chalmers said. "This includes promoting transparency in relation to financial risks and the adoption ...

Super fund ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... look after the financial interests of their members." Dunnin added the task of a super fund isn't to solve climate change or address every social ill facing Australia. "This makes running a super fund portfolio in light of all the ESG and climate ...

Cboe launches first ever global listing network

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... benchmarks, and better technology to drive market based solutions to the biggest challenges facing society, including climate change and the energy transition," Cboe said. Abaxx initially went public in December 2020 on Cboe Canada, operating as the ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... to fight a Republican proposal to prevent pension fund managers from basing investment decisions on factors like climate change. This month, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill barring state officials from investing public money to promote ...

Don't discount Vietnam: Dragon Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... focuses on ESG as risk management. "VEIL continues to expand its environmental, social and governance ("ESG") and climate change program and team workforce," she said. "The fund remains committed to fully-integrating ESG considerations into all aspects ...

Funding boosts ASIC greenwashing remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... $8.3 million over the period will establish a sovereign green bond program to raise capital for environmental and climate change-related programs. Some $1.6 million will develop a sustainable finance taxonomy for classifying economic activities according ...

Kilter Rural launches $500m agriculture fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... droughts, three access points is good." Gunn said Kilter Rural has always been accepting of the science around climate change and has been planning its landscapes for extreme weather events with the help of the CSIRO and IPCC. "For many years, the CSIRO ...

Rest signs mandate with Palisade Impact Fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... Rest deputy chief investment officer Simon Esposito. "Significant investment is required to address the scale of climate change and energy transition and the road to net zero creates investment opportunities." Australian-based Palisade Impact said it ...