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Warakirri adds kiwifruit orchards to farmland fund
Warakirri Asset Management has added a 200-hectare aggregation of three orchards, mainly kiwifruit, with some nashi and corella pears as well as jujubes, to its farmland fund.
Green moves: Alphinity, Australian Ethical, Climate Change Authority
Westpac's former chief sustainability officer is now at Alphinity Investment Management, while the Climate Change Authority has a new member. Australian Ethical also has a new board director.
Developing climate risks facing institutional investors
As the world gets warmer, new risks are facing institutional investors, according to an updated climate scenarios report from Ortec Financial.
PE left 3bn tonnes of emissions: Emmi
Emmi estimates that the private equity sector has left three billion tonnes of carbon footprint, but more precise figures are difficult to obtain in the opaque asset class.
At first glance, the GPT report looks pretty comprehensive. However, it would be intresting to know what criteria Macquarie used (or how much investigation went in beyond just reading what was in the report) as OzMin haven't reported for a few indicators that you would expect that given they range from moderately to highly material to their organisation, they would definitely do so in order to attain real credibility with their report. I find it particularly hard to believe they didn't have anything/couldn't to report for EN1; EN7; EN18; EN24; EN25; and in particular EN30 & SO1!