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ART hires from Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... Bradford. Bradford has been in the role at Cbus for seven years. Prior to that, she spent almost a decade in various environmental risk roles with GE Capital. "As a profit-for-members superannuation fund, we believe integrating environmental, social ...

NGS closes socially responsible option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... first offering the Socially Responsible Diversified (SRD) investment option, NGS Super has greatly expanded its environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitment, with our first ESG and responsible investment strategy being approved at the beginning ...

Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... allocation towards the reef, $170 million for threatened species and habitat restoration and $192 million investment in environmental regulations reforms, is welcomed. UNCGNA also said that the government's focus on microgrids to support regional and ...

Big spend on cost of living, defence

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... capability. New federal funding will see mRNA vaccines - like the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines - manufactured in Victoria. Environmental spending still contentious While the LNP government has been reluctant to act on some climate change measures, its ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... pre-Final Investment Decision activities and early works to make the Port of Newcastle 'hydrogen ready'. In other environmental areas, Biosecurity was allocated a further $135.6 million over five years and $83.1 million over five years will be spent ...

UniSuper makes venture capital play

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... developed by its five partners, with the stated aim of identifying investment opportunities with positive social or environmental impact. The universities that own Uniseed provide around half of all patents created by research organisations in Australia. ...

Nanuk AM lists active ETMF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... The Nanuk New World Fund is a global equities fund that invests in listed companies exposed to the broad themes of environmental sustainability and resource efficiency. It aims to achieve long term capital appreciation and outperformance of traditional ...

First Sentier adds to RI, sustainability team

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... WWF International, where she led research projects and produced technical guidance on a range of topics including environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration, nature-related risks, net zero climate alignment, the blue economy and sustainable ...

Macquarie AM, Mirova seal distribution deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... Series, with Mirova saying the aim is to meet growing adviser demand for solutions. The fund seeks positive social and environmental impact through investments in 40-60 global stocks and aims to outperform the MSCI World Index. Current top holdings include ...

80% of Aussies expect ethical investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... when they think about investing their money, up from 64% in 2020. RIAA also found a mismatch between the social and environmental issues between what consumers are concerned about and what products on offer - 67% of Australians want to avoid animal cruelty ...