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Shell shareholders worth €4tr to vote for Paris

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
A record number of 27 institutional investors with €4 trillion euro in assets under management have co-filed a resolution to urge Shell Paris-aligned emissions targets. The investors, which include one of the biggest investment managers in the world ...

TCorp issues first sustainability bond of 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
TCorp, the investment and financial management partner of the New South Wales (NSW) public sector, has issued a $1.7 billion sustainable bond. The 4.75% 20 September 2035 Sustainability bond has a yield of 4.995%, and was heavily oversubscribed. TCorp ...

BlackRock admits stakeholder pressure on ESG a risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Blackrocks biggest ESG-labelled exchange-traded funds - iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF (SUSA) - has suffered a $1.5b net investor outflow in the past four trading sessions, according to Bloomberg the fund's total assets have reduced to $3.8b. Chief ...

Ethical ETFs AUM surges in 2023: Betashares

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Funds under management for ethical, responsible and sustainability-themed ETFs surged by more than 24% during 2023, amid a strong year for ETFs broadly. Betashares' latest Australian ETF Review calculates the local ETF industry at a total industry ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... focus on ESG integration and stewardship. It comes as a response to new regulations as well as evolving consumer and investor expectations. As of September 2023, its ESG-integrated assets totalled EUR €346 billion. In its sustainability strategy, BNP ...

VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
The federal government is backing a commericalisation initiative that will identify and fund projects to enhance drought resilience in Australian agriculture. Beanstalk AgTech has received a $10 million grant to develop the Drought Venture Studio, which ...

A rising tide for blue bond investment: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... bonds whose use of proceeds fund ocean-friendly and clean water projects could grow rapidly in tandem with the increased investor and corporate focus on biodiversity, according to T. Rowe Price. T. Rowe Price has identified US$5 billion in blue bonds ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... climate change [and its] impact on their ability to carry out their duty to beneficiaries," Duncan Paterson, director of investor practice at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), told FS Sustainability. Over 70% of reviewed companies and 80% ...

Treasury publishes climate disclosure legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Super funds with more than $5 billion in assets under management will have to report on the financial impacts of climate change from 1 July 2026, according to mandatory climate risk reporting legislation proposed by government. Treasury released the ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels. This diversity complicates the assessment of potential risk in investment. Duncan Paterson, director of investor practice at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), warns that the current trajectory suggests "chilling and disturbing" ...