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Women focus in Labor budget reply

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... powering a new era of metal manufacturing and hydrogen production," he said. "Labor has a clear target to tackle climate change - net zero carbon pollution by 2050." He said the Labor party would focus on rebuilding the electricity grid to create thousands ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... evaluation, and set priorities and review targets," it said. "We see examples of leading signatories that address climate change through an overarching risk reporting framework, where data-driven dashboards are used for senior management to monitor climate ...

Several black holes in budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... industries were massively overlooked as they are one of the hardest hit from the pandemic, while the effects of climate change were also ignored. She also took to Twitter to criticise "more subsidies for the gas lobby." "More money to give approvals ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... inconsistent. Chalmers also put the spotlight on a number of issues that were not addressed in the budget, like climate change and sluggish growth. "There is no plan to lift the permanent rate of JobSeeker from $40 per day, tackle insecure work, create ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... Pulsar Data Array Analysis, medical research and climate modelling work to measure impacts to the environment from climate change. "The consequences are clear - this was a misuse of Australian taxpayers' trust by a Commonwealth employee, motivated by ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
Rest's legal stoush with one of its members over the fund's approach to climate change is pushing ahead, with a trial fast approaching. Rest and Mark McVeigh have a hearing for a dispute on discovery and privilege today before mediation on September ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
Two major industry superannuation funds have this week made bold statements about their stance on climate change, but critics argue it may be "virtue signalling" with little substance. UniSuper announced this week it is committed to achieving net zero ...

Ardea IM announces research partnership

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... partnership has already seen Ardea and UTS investigate machine learning capabilities for trade idea identification, climate change and government bond investing, as well as the LIBOR transition and how it may impact trading opportunities. The partnership ...

UK pensions to factor in climate change risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
UK pension funds may soon be required by law to report on the risks climate change could have on their members' investments, becoming the first major economy to do so. Speaking last week, the UK's work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey proposed ...

Paradice appoints head of ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... will work with Paradice's investment team in integrating environmental, social and governance factors including climate change and modern slavery. He will be responsible for ESG-related policies, databases and reporting. In addition to his ESG responsibilities ...