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"Alarming" lack of capex alignment to 1.5C goals: Climate Action100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The most carbon intensive companies in the world are not explicitly aligning their future capex plans with long-term greenhouse gas emission targets, Climate Action 100+ has found. New assessments released today by Climate Action 100+ show some corporate ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Sustainability reporting experts and climate specialists welcomed the release of the draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) but said more needs to be done on the language and metrics. The TNFD beta framework tackles the risk ...

BlueScope steels itself for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
When BlueScope Steel announced last year it had set a 2050 net zero target, it was the beginning of a process to embed a decarbonisation strategy in a company in one of the hardest to abate industrial sectors. The commitment to reach net zero on scope ...

Active Super turns to fixed income carbon on road to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... with the $14 billion super fund using new calculations as the basis for its interim planning to meet their 2050 net zero target. Active Super has calculated current fixed income emissions stand at around 538,000 tCO2e. By comparison, the fund says its ...

Using ESG signals part of shorting strategy: Plato Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... positions in companies with better-than-average carbon footprints, and will not use carbon credits to maintain the net zero target. "If we're looking at Europe, we see that high emitting companies are systemically underperforming low emitting companies," ...

Robeco outlines four themes for 2022 engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Robeco has added an additional 12 carbon-intensive companies to a focused engagement aimed at lifting their transition to net zero outcomes. Robeco has established its engagement themes for 2022, with a strong focus on "protecting ...

Plato Investment Management launches net zero hedge fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... positions in companies with better-than-average carbon footprints, and will not use carbon credits to maintain the net zero target. The fund has been launched to offer a 'net zero now' option for investment portfolios, said Plato managing director Don ...

Using data, reporting to fill in the steps to net zero 2050: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Investors are seeking a holistic approach to managing climate risks, and are working to figure out how they're going to implement the plans that get them to their net zero targets. Investors are still seeking information on carbon metrics, physical ...

What you read in 2021

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
As 2021 draws to a close with continued uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic and the urgent need for climate action, FS Sustainability's most read stories showed that demand for professionals who can analyse and implement plans around material ESG ...

TCorp recaps performance of $5.2 billion sustainability bond programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... semi-government issuer. The Sustainability Bond Programme was established in 2018, and it plays a role as NSW has set a net zero target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. "This programme is the result of deep collaboration from across the NSW ...