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Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... cultural value. "There's a lot of work to get there and we need it to happen fast," Julia Leske, managing director and head of APAC institutional sales at ISS ESG commented. "Climate was the first cab off the rank, biodiversity and nature are following ...

Investment in climate tech plummets 40%: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... despite falling in absolute terms, climate tech investments as a proportion of start-up investments continue to rise, with APAC leading on investment in mobility-related start-ups. This fall in investment can be attributed to market conditions rather ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... as hard and as fast as we can. A lot of this is baked in, even if we meet the 1.5 degree target." Alison Drill Head PCSS APAC Swiss Re(Australia) said that asset owners need to "reduce risk, rather than respond afterwards with insurance." "It is an ongoing ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... against, compared to 46% globally. "Noble ambitions are being set," said Cognizant AVP and head of sustainability solutions APAC region Jonathan Smith. "We're coming at this from a data technology point of view. I don't see the clients being ...

BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... is the largest equity ETF launched in Singapore, with assets under management (AUM) of US$426 million at launch. BlackRock APAC head of iShares and index investments Peter Loehnert said the Asia Pacific is "the largest and fastest growing region for ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... resilient and revitalised remote, rural and regional Australia". CSIRO-founded Main Sequence five new hires Main Sequence, the APAC deep tech investment fund founded by the CSIRO in 2017, has added five new hires to its growing team. The fund reached ...

Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... intentions. The survey gathered views on inflation, geopolitics, the cost-of-living crisis, asset class allocation and ESG. APAC and Africa CEO Kevin Algeo said that the percentage of investors taking ESG into consideration now compared to a decade ago ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
APAC and Japan data centre specialist AirTrunk has more than doubled the financing of an existing sustianbility linked loan, going from $2.1 billion to $4.6 billion. The transaction will refinance existing debt facilities and support the company's "rapid ...

Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Glencore PLC and Whitehaven Coal Ltd); 15 companies involved in the production of alcohol (including Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Ltd, Carlsberg AS, Heineken Holding NV and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd); and 19 companies involved in gambling (including ...

T. Rowe Price creates specialist APAC ESG role

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
T. Rowe Price has appointed Caroline Ramscar to the newly created role of ESG investment specialist, APAC. Ramscar brings over 20 years of experience in financial services, having spent a decade at Legal & General Investment Management in London, including ...