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How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... investment approaches that are currently well positioned - or challenged - to meet climate transition goals and act as a benchmark to assess peers. bfinance undertook research into the climate alignment of global equity portfolios, mainly with regards ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... exposure to global carbon markets for sophisticated and institutional investors and will seek to outperform a global carbon benchmark by at least 2% p.a. net of fees over rolling 5-year periods. Alison Maclaren new CFO of FRRR The Foundation for Rural ...

TelstraSuper augments sustainable investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... exposure to global carbon markets for sophisticated and institutional investors and will seek to outperform a global carbon benchmark by at least 2% p.a. net of fees over rolling 5-year periods.

Avani partners with EG towards "real zero"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... use towards decarbonisation. The software can automatically reduce energy grid load during peak periods, as well as benchmark between buildings. EG Delta fund manager James McAdam commented: "Our partnership with Avani is an important step towards achieving ...

Successful merger for social and inequality reporting framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Two initiatives focusing on inequality-related and social-related financial disclosures have successfully consolidated into a single taskforce to address related risks in reporting. The initiatives - the Taskforce on Inequality-related Financial Disclosures ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... implementing transition plans to deliver on robust targets." As part of Phase 2, Climate Action 100+ has also evolved its benchmark, which measures target companies' progress on stated goals. The new benchmark has introduced new sub-indicators around ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... portfolios have all outperformed their benchmarks. The Ethinvest Balanced Portfolio returned 9.52% against its Morningstar benchmark return of 7.57%, the conservative portfolio returned 7.63% against the Morningtar benchmark of 4.8%, and the growth portfolio ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... providers, warning them that in the FCA's general view, ESG disclosures are poor. "There were often instances where benchmark administrators did not provide sufficient detail and description of the ESG factors considered in their benchmark methodologies," ...

ASIC takes Vanguard to court over further greenwashing claims

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... provide a sufficiently detailed explanation that certain debt issuers lacking research coverage were still included in the benchmark," Vanguard said. "As a result, it is possible the portfolio held exposure to certain securities that may not have been ...

Traditional Owners to lead Pilbara renewables rollout on exclusive native title land

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... England solar farm near Uralla, NSW. Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton commented that the agreement sets a new benchmark for meaningful participation by Indigenous Australians in the clean energy transition. "It represents the kind of leadership ...