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Credit strategy links financial return to social, environmental impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
As investor demand for funds that demonstrate positive social and environmental impacts as well as financial returns increase, a recently launched impact credit strategy managed by Regnan is outperforming its benchmark. In late January of this year ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... boards can connect with stakeholders, and how those insights align with long-term value creation and integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts and dependencies within the overall governance structure. The survey is global, but ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Forty percent of hedge funds integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in their investment process. BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) surveyed 53 hedge funds with combined assets under management of over ...

ESG ETP market continues to grow: Zenith

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... measurable and reportable"; and impact, which targets investments aimed at generating a positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. These categories have extended to the ETPs that Zenith evaluates as well, Higgins ...

Cleanaway publishes first sustainability report after engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... on its sustainability reporting. The fund holds Cleanaway in its sustainable portfolios as well as in its Global Environmental Opportunities option. "We have prioritised engagement on disclosure to better understand how the company manages its approach ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
With governments around the world setting low carbon targets, there are clear implications for investors in integrating carbon transition considerations in their portfolio. J.P. Morgan Asset Management has outlined the ways in which government actions ...

Waste and recycling legislation to foster circular economy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
The passage of the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill can strengthen opportunities in the waste and resource recovery sectors, according to EY. Yesterday, Parliament passed legislation mooted during the October budget speech by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. ...

Link between post-bushfire regeneration and impact investing: WWF-Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... investing, Proudfoot noted. There are significant gaps in the market between projects that demonstrate social and environmental benefit as well as financial return and connecting those projects to the capital that is needed to invest in those projects. ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... "Our purchase of Reef Credits is another first for HSBC in the sustainability space and acknowledgement of both the environmental and economic value of the Great Barrier Reef to Australia," said Hamish Kelly, head of global banking, Australia at HSBC. ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
The European Union's target for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 will necessitate making green hydrogen a commercially viable energy source by 2030, which brings costs and opportunities, according to BNP Paribas Asset Management. The EU is set to ...