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Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand institutional investors are concerned about real world investment impacts, active stewardship and how to decarbonize their portfolios, according to Northern Trust Asset Management's global head of sustainability and stewardship. ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... expected to legislate mandated climate reporting as early as FY 2024/25, following in the footsteps of countries like New Zealand, Canada, the US, UK, Singapore and Switzerland. Mandated nature-related reporting is expected to follow soon after. The ...

The four-day work week - will it work?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Ventures and Perpetual Guardian, have implemented the mode. A "life-changing" offer to attract top talent Unilever New Zealand recently conducted an 18-month trial of the four-day work week, with Ditzell, who is obtaining a PhD on the future of work ...

Apostle Funds Management launches carbon credit fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... The fund's benchmark is evenly weighted against the five major global carbon markets - California, Europe, UK, New Zealand and Australia with the aim of offering "holistic exposure to the carbon price and helps reduce volatility through jurisdictional ...

Scentre Group reports sustainability progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Queensland from 2025, with the aim to deliver an interim emissions reduction target of 50% by 2025. The company's New Zealand operations are currently powered by 100% renewable energy sources. Scentre Group achieved a portfolio average of 4.5 Star ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Nuveen was the anchor investor in the bond, along with Laerdal Finans, Pathfinder New Zealand, and Ceniarth, among others. "The whole aim of going out with the orange bond last year in conjunction with IIX was to ...

Podcast: Stewardship and ESG Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... acts as a spokesperson for Fidelity and represent the firm's sustainable investing capabilities in Australia and New Zealand. Jaramillo previously worked at HESTA where she was senior responsible investment adviser. During her time at there, she ...

Former MAS chief sustainability officer launches advisory firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... pre-competitive level on sustainability issues. "There's starting to be a good exchange of ideas in Australia and New Zealand, and Singapore into the rest of Asia. If I look at Australia and New Zealand, both have digital agreements with Singapore which ...

Stafford Capital Partners launches sustainable timber impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... initial close of a carbon offset and sustainable timberland impact strategy that will see investment in Australian and New Zealand assets as part of the portfolio. The Stafford Carbon Offset Opportunity Fund has attracted US$242 million in investor commitments ...

Podcast: What's ahead for 2023 - Simon O'Connor

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... management, RIAA covers people and organisations engaged in responsible, ethical and impact investing across Australia and New Zealand. The latest RIAA benchmark report finds that Australian assets managed using responsible investment approaches now ...