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APAC investors taking decarbonisation action: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... investors are gearing up for a surge in decarbonisation target-setting, with asset owners in Asia Pacific more advanced than global peers, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). SSGA has released The World Targets Change, in which they suggest ...

BetaShares launches ethical SMAs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... also launched three multi-asset SMAs which combine the ethically screened direct equities with BetaShares' leading ethical global equities and diversified bonds ETFs (ASX: ETHI and ASX: GBND). ETHI currently holds approximately $2 billion in assets under ...

Regulatory action on ESG a key concern for investors: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... report on ESG, and also stepping up in how they help shape the future of ESG regulation. BNP Paribas recently issued the ESG Global Survey 2021, which examined the appetite of 356 asset owners, official institutions and asset managers, including participants ...

COP26 commitments on methane to impact infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... flows may be captured through an adjustment to a cost of equity, or hurdle rate. Focusing on the cost of equity can allow global comparisons within subsectors and can also capture improvements or degradations in a company's ESG profile going forward. ...

CEFC makes $25m allocation to Orica to manage nitrous oxide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... CO 2 -e through the abatement of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is 265 times more potent than carbon dioxide "The global warming potential of nitrous oxide emissions are much more potent than carbon dioxide emissions," CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth said. ...

Australia needs 2035 net zero target: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... companies should be reporting on absolute emissions using calculations based on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, which is a global voluntary framework "to measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from private and public sector operations ...

COP26 week two: negotiations focus on carbon markets, reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... change. The G20 World Leader's Summit in Rome that directly preceded the kick-off of COP26, plus the participation of global heads of state in the first week of COP26 brought extra challenges for negotiating delegations, noted Emily Gerrard, director ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... catalysing private finance. "We need greater ambition - you can't escape from that," Dodwell said. "We have 75% of global GDP under net zero goals. We have 19 of the G20 signed up to net zero. The transformation in the past two years, you can't ...

IFRS announces plan for comprehensive sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... the Value Reporting Foundation and others will provide the foundations to achieve this goal." ISSB will be the primary global sustainability standard setter. It will sit alongside IASB, the body that develops and issues international financial reporting ...

Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... (COP26), one of the issues at play will be how to measure and manage the transition from the current, fossil-fuel powered global economy to the low carbon economy that is intended by 2050. This transition brings opportunity, but also risk. Transition ...