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Beyond the spin - what did COP26 actually deliver?

SIMON O'CONNOR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... required to protect humans and other lifeforms from the worst impacts of climate change. The flow on effects will see capital flow ever more strongly towards cleaner assets, and more rapidly away from polluting assets, a momentum already under way. But ...

GII launch gender equality impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... platforms. There are two different investment units for the fund. Gunesekera explained that Class A units gives investors the capital return of the shares plus any income from the portfolio via dividends. Class B units provide the capital return, but ...

Top 100 asset owners "hold keys" to net zero: Willis Towers Watson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... global warming to 1.5 degrees C by 2050 is alive, but in order for it to be achievable, a significant amount of private capital aligned to that outcome has to be invested. "This is a defining moment for asset owners," Unger said. The first and obvious ...

Biodiversity loss a material financial risk: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has released a report, Biodiversity: unlocking natural capital value for Australian Investors: November 2021, which outlines the way in which biodiversity loss presents physical, transition ...

Deep impact: the next step in sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... strategies and investments in specific use of proceeds bonds like green bonds or social impact bonds, where the allocation of capital is directly tied to the activity of the use of proceeds. The impact investing sector is by far the smallest portion ...

Citi launches sustainability-linked supply chain finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Citi has launched a Sustainability-linked Supply Chain Finance (SSCF) program that links working capital finance to sustainability goals within supply chains. The program is a first for Asia Pacific customers, said Scott Southall, treasury and trade ...

Australian company boards lack skill, experience to lead net zero transition: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... management skills. Investors also want evidence that climate change is being fully integrated into company strategy, with capital allocation decisions, risk management approaches and disclosure to investors. Further, executive remuneration should be ...

COP26 commitments on methane to impact infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... expecting a big bang on COP26. What we were expecting was direction for public policy and a recognition of the amount of capital that needs to be spent on a real asset basis." The lack of targets is both detrimental and beneficial, Langley said. "It ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... the CDC Group, which is the largest private equity investor in Africa, to establish if it would be possible to organise capital at scale where government could play a catalytic role in sustainable forestry and grow it over time." New Forests noted that ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... commitments. We now need to sit down and discuss what are the policy instruments, how are we going to share the risk. The capital is there, it just needs to have good projects in which to invest." Financial strategies and pathways should be co-created ...