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Maple-Brown Abbott relaunches sustainable fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... "We believe investors can help shape a better future," she said. "The challenges facing our society, including climate change, resource management, financial inequality and disparity in living standards - require purposeful capital investment to enable ...

The seven global megatrends to watch: CSIRO

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... 2020, and this could increase to around $73 billion by 2060, assuming a low emissions future." While trends around climate change present significant challenges, they also point towards some emerging opportunities when it comes to clean energy and other ...

Super funds are lousy at communications: Strategist

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... shiny suits who interfere and stuff things up", Ralph said. "They think that society has lost its way, they think climate change is bulls***, they tend to be less educated, and they tend to be more male," Ralph said. "They're often earning quite ...

Professionalise sustainability within funds: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
A panel on the impacts of climate change has heard how, as ESG approaches evolve, super funds must be conscious of their competency in the space and have processes for measuring it. Appearing at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, UTS Institute ...

Spotlight shines brighter on climate reporting: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... and financial institutions are providing more information and greater transparency on how they are responding to climate change and supporting the transition to net zero." Alembakis explained that the framework will initially apply to large companies ...

ART appoints new board, investment committee members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... also serves as a director at global green energy company Fortescue Future Industries and previously chaired the climate change working group of the Australian Council of Financial Regulators. Commenting on the appointments, ART chair Andrew Fraser said ...

HESTA investment committee chair to depart

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... and cash. Burgess also helped oversee landmark investment decisions, including the development of HESTA's first Climate Change Transition Plan. "When Mark joined us, we were appointing a new chief investment officer and were embarking on a bold and exciting ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... "fundamentally unlawful, as well as arbitrary and capricious." The change by the DOL clarifies the ways in which ESG and climate change can be integrated into investment decisions like asset allocation and proxy voting by so-called ERISA funds, which ...

ESG lead salaries hit $350k: Recruiter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... piece is critical - people are looking to the CEO and the board to be genuine around this. Organisations putting climate change as one of the key pillars." The report found that there is a "clear disparity" in pay between genders, but Talent Nation noted ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) increasing from "a base of close to zero mentions in 2018." Climate change related topics such as renewable energy, net zero, green capex, emissions reductions, carbon credits/offsets and the physical ...