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Mar 26, 2024 | 
fssustainability.com.au | Rachel Alembakis
On this episode of The Greener Way, we're talking sustainability and intersectionality with Kylie Porter, Group Head of Sustainability, SunRice Group. Kylie has worked across a wide variety of organisations, but always at the intersection of the E the S and the G in sustainability, Kylie, welcome to The Greener Way.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
fssustainability.com.au | Rachel Alembakis
Joining us for this conversation on The Greener Way is Brighter Super head of Aussie equities and ESG Fiona Mann to talk about the fund's approach to ESG and what high performance means in a variety of settings and professions.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
fssustainability.com.au | Rachel Alembakis
On today's episode, we are talking to the multi-hyphenate sustainability and responsible investment leader Fiona Reynolds about the intersection of the E and the S and why it matters for business. Fiona is an independent director and advisory board member working across superannuation ESG and sustainability issues, with 25 years' experience in the financial services and pension sector.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
fssustainability.com.au | Rachel Alembakis
Our guest today has been a leading voice in the economic case for managing climate change since before net zero was a thing. In addition to authoring two landmark papers on climate change and Australia's future in 2008 and 2011, Ross Garnaut was the principal economic adviser to Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke from 1983 to 1985, and Australian Ambassador to China from 1985 to 1988.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
fssustainability.com.au | Rachel Alembakis
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has hired a chief RI ecosystems officer for the Americas and APAC and promoted another to a similar role covering the UK, Europe and India, Middle East and Africa. Cambria Allen-Ratzlaff is chief RI ecosystems officer for the Americas and APAC regions, joining the PRI from JUST Capital, a not-for-profit research organisation, where she was managing director and head of investor strategies.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
fssustainability.com.au | Rachel Alembakis
What's on the sustainability agenda for Australia's publicly listed companies? Every year, Perennial Better Futures takes the temperature of a wide range of companies to answer just that question, and on this episode, we're talking with Emilie O'Neill, co-head of ESG and equities analyst of the Perennial Better Future Trust on the results of their 2024 survey and how those results shape their conversations with companies.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
financialstandard.com.au | Rachel Alembakis
The now-defunct app-led climate impact fund is the latest entity to cop a fine for greenwashing from the regulator. Melbourne Securities Corporation (MSC) has paid $13,320 to comply with an ASIC infringement notice relating to allegations of misleading statements regarding the Bloom Climate Impact Fund (Bloom Fund).
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
fssustainability.com.au | Rachel Alembakis
A now-defunct app-led climate impact fund is the latest entity to cop a fine for greenwashing from the regulator. Melbourne Securities Corporation (Melbourne Securities) has paid $13,320 to comply with an ASIC infringement notice relating to allegations of misleading statements regarding the Bloom Climate Impact Fund (Bloom Fund).
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
financialstandard.com.au | Rachel Alembakis
Aware Super has inked a US$50 million deal to buy a specialty infrastructure finance company alongside Macquarie Asset Management's (MAM) Green Investment Group (GIG). Aware's private equity team will co-invest in Galway Sustainable Capital (GSC), a specialist infrastructure financier acquired by MAM in a US$250 million deal in June. Galway offers scale and efficient capital deployment to help fund the North American sustainability transition.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
financialstandard.com.au | Rachel Alembakis
Rest is $150 million closer to reaching its impact investment target after allocating to a listed equity fund. Rest has invested in an international listed equities strategy run by Ninety-One, which "aims to achieve long-term total returns by investing in companies that are expected to contribute to the transition to a lower-carbon global economy," and focuses on businesses in three areas of decarbonisation - renewable energy, resource efficiency and electrification.
