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QIC strengthens sustainability leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... remediation team and as an onshore environment manager. She began her career at Beveridge Williams where she was an environmental geologist. Her appointment follows a number of several senior hires for QIC in recent months, including Natasha Nankivell ...

Leadership spills spell new era: RIAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... listed companies in recent months herald a new era of accountability for large corporates and how they engage around environmental, social, cultural and governance themes," O'Connor said. He said that there is now an expectation among investors and the ...

AUSTRAC releases guidance on wildlife trafficking

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... using IP addresses and network port numbers to assist with identifying coordinators overseas. Australia's chief environmental biosecurity officer Ian Thompson said collaboration with AUSTRAC and other law enforcement bodies is critical to stopping illegal ...

Active portfolios post stellar returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... industries of the past such as the coal sector, for example," he said. Meanwhile, UniSuper's ethical product, the Global Environmental Opportunities Option, a $1.5 billion portfolio, returned 34% p.a. according to Rainmaker's August MySuper performance ...

Frydenberg bets on infrastructure for recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... for projects that will help accelerate implementation of the MDB Plan. The funding will also support a range of environmental projects, community grants programs and the establishment of a new Inspector-General of Water Compliance," Frydenberg said.

ESG ETF demand rises: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... and asset and private wealth managers in the EDHEC-Risk Institute's annual survey are using ETFs to gain an environmental, social and governance exposure. Compared to 2019 and 2011, this move has risen by 12% and 33% respectively. Among the investors ...

Big banks face shareholder action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... result of increased exposure to fossil fuels. NAB and ANZ have had shareholder resolutions lodged against them by environmental finance organisation Market Forces to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement. ANZ's exposure to coal mining increased ...

MySuper funds redeem performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... In terms of the top-performing investment option, UniSuper offered the best returns at 34% thanks to its Global Environmental Opportunities strategy, beating out several options in the ESG equities category. Trailing behind were: Nationwide Super's ...

Ratings deteriorate at AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... business and operations". "Moody's regards AMP Group's corporate governance weakness as a governance risk under its environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework, given its implications for the company's compliance and reporting," it said. ...

Less might be more in ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... the fact that only a tiny portion of shareholder proposals are agreed to by companies. "Since 2014, only 30 of the environmental and social (E&S) proposals considered in this paper received a passing vote, comprising 3.26% of all such proposals," the ...