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Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... legal obligation for major polluters to disclose climate-related risks," said Dan Gocher, director of climate and environment. "Rio Tinto is Australia's third largest carbon emitter, responsible for more than 30 million tonnes CO 2 -equivalent annually. ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions used in making and shipping products. The European Parliament's environment committee recently endorsed the proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which would initially apply a carbon cost ...

BetaShares to launch climate change innovation ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
BetaShares will launch another sustainability-linked ETF on the ASX. The BetaShares Climate Change Innovation ETF (ERTH) is designed to provide investors with exposure to global companies "at the forefront of tackling today's climate and environmental ...

ESG part of financial sustainability of infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are part of calculating long term financial sustainability of infrastructure investments, according to ClearBridge Investments. ClearBridge, which was known as RARE Infrastructure until earlier ...

Ausbil drops fossil fuel companies from sustainable fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Ausbil has excluded companies that derive more than 10% of earnings from direct and indirect fossil fuel holdings from its Active Sustainable Equity Fund. The fund has recently celebrated its third year since inception, reporting an 11.77% annual return ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... absorb superannuation capital. In the investment world, ESG is now widely understood. The shift of capital towards Environment, Social (dividends) and Governance has reached a stage of maturity with responsible investment funds outperforming significantly ...

Agriculture sector can contribute to climate solutions: GreenCollar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
The agricultural sector has a substantial role to play in addressing climate change through emissions reductions and improved biodiversity while providing financial benefit, according to GreenCollar. The Nationals Party is pushing its federal coalition ...

Green economy a multi-trillion dollar opportunity: FTSE Russell

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
The global green investment economy is growing faster than the overall equity market and currently represents a US$4 trillion market cap opportunity, according to research from FTSE Russell. FTSE Russell Green Revenues 2.0 Data Model has identified ...

Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Pendal Group will establish a global sustainability water and waste strategy and has headhunted two specialists from Fidelity International to run the investment fund. Pendal Group has hired Bertrand Lecourt, and Saurabh Sharma, to establish a global ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Neuberger Berman, these actions are a continuation of ongoing efforts to foster an equitable, inclusive, and diverse environment." Neuberger Berman Private Equity points to the fact that 53% of US private equity employees are women or minorities, 49% ...