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Mercer's Helga Birgden departs after 18 years

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... investor portfolios. Investment returns were assessed against the Paris Climate Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals. Birgden currently serves as deputy chair of the Investor Group on Climate Change and previously chaired Mercer's FutureMakers ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... years at U Ethical. While at the investment house, she led the integration of ESG data and the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the investment process and managed the firm's active stewardship activities with portfolio companies, key stakeholders ...

Australia can lead energy transition, climate investing: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... when he assumed office was to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement. The rejection of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030 are other recent examples. While Australia is the largest exporter of coal and gas combined in the world ...

Maple-Brown Abbott relaunches sustainable fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... holdings have a positive environment and social impact as well as aligning more closely with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The sustainably themed investment fund will continue to be managed by the firm's head of ESG Emma Pringle and portfolio ...

JANA announces Sustainability Advisory Council

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022
... councillor Nicki Hutley, Australian National University vice president, First Nations Peter Yu, UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) partner and chief impact officer Zarmeen Pavri and Impossible Mining chief sustainability officer and co-founder Renee ...

AXA IM adds to ESG fund suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... consistent and aligned with green bond projects. The fund is aligned to four sub-themes of the UN Sustainable Development Goals - low carbon transport, smart energy, green buildings and sustainable ecosystem. "As the battle against climate change drives ...

North ESG AUM boasts rapid growth

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... said. "The Fund focuses on infrastructure companies that can contribute to or benefit from the UN Sustainable Development Goals." Other options added include Perpetual Ethical SRI Credit Fund - Class A, VanEck Vectors Global Clean Energy ETF, and Bendigo ...

Robeco introduces new indices

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
Robeco has introduced new low carbon indices rooted in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Similar to Robeco's existing Multi-Factor Index range, the SDG Low-Carbon Indices are available for seven regions: Global AC, Global DM, Emerging Markets ...

YFYS could dampen ESG adoption: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... equities using these two techniques can yield meaningful greenhouse gas emissions reductions and UN Sustainable Development Goals improvements with modest levels of tracking error. How far super funds are willing to venture above or below these levels ...

Cannon-Brookes takes stake in fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... vital to solving the problems we face, including helping Australia achieve its commitments to the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030." Adamantem Capital managing directors Rob Koczar and Anthony Kerwick remain majority owners of Melior.
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