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BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies. Both ETFs have a tilt towards "climate leaders" - companies that exhibit best performance in their industries from a carbon emission perspective. Both ETFs screen out companies with material exposure to fossil fuel, gambling, tobacco, armaments ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... opportunities to invest in renewable energy, opportunities to invest in AI and automated systems that reduce the risks of carbon emissions. That's There are opportunities to engage in more efficient water practices from an agricultural perspective, looking ...

Company, investor climate change partnership "essential": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... measurable as possible. With oil and gas companies, the five objectives that Robeco pursues are structured around operational carbon efficiency by companies' activities, a focus on stewardship that promotes innovation with a minimum of harm to the environment ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... into exploration for new fossil fuel reserves," O'Brien said. "If all reserves on the books get burnt, we blow our carbon budget many times over. We need a presumption against capex going into new reserves. The third policy position is to assertively ...

Companies that manage ESG issues "more resilient": Saturna Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... data providers to augment their analyst work. "We're very cognisant of and we're doing a significant amount of work on carbon exposure and avoiding carbon risk in the portfolios," Klimo said. "You have a lot of companies that are either exposed to physical ...

Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Ceci thinks there will be more issuance around the SDGs and is looking to vehicles to mitigate the transition to a low-carbon economy as themes for 2020. "The other consideration is transition - how do we define transition, how do we encourage other ...

CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... be in use for decades to come. We want those homes to have the strongest energy efficiency and to deliver the smallest carbon footprint possible. "Australians are already leading the world in residential rooftop solar. Our next challenge is to embrace ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... governments when planning over the long term, particularly when modelling the costs and benefits of transitioning to a low carbon economy. "In the debate around if you start moving more aggressively to decarbonise, if some industries die, other industries ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... "This is why we initiated the creation of Climate Action 100+, which is focused on engaging with companies to lower their carbon emissions and come into alignment with the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. CalPERS welcomes BlackRock as the newest ...

IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
The IFC has expanded its Edge certification program to include BNP Paribas' ClimateSeed carbon offset program. ClimateSeed is one of six accepted carbon offset programs in IFC's Zero Carbon Green Bujildings certificate under the IFC Edge program. To ...