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Property manager buys nearly 100,000 carbon credits for offsetting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) has purchased nearly 100,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to meet carbon neutral commitments for its property portfolio. ISPT has purchased and surrendered 97,000 ACCUs, representing one metric tonne of ...

Bringing a human rights lens to climate risk considerations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... technologies like rare minerals, and they're often found in conflict zones. "We have manufacturing and products that are coming from high-risk jurisdictions, and where you have close to monopolistic markets - for instance, it makes it very difficult ...

COP26 outcomes means increased focus on physical risk: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... to focus on decarbonising, you need to go beyond risk to focus on impact," Ploeg said. "What you see a lot of times is a high correlation between the risks and the impacts. But that's not always the case. Take, for example Russia, especially in the climate ...

Tracking sustainability as quantitative strategy: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... standpoint, companies acting in sustainable ways which enable them to be a going concern for the long-term are considered to be high quality." Sustainability has a low correlation with other signals, including quality, Engel said. "In basic terms, Quality ...

ESG overhaul for SSGA ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors will Australian investors access to two ESG-focused ETFs beginning next year. From February 2022, the SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate Fund (DJRE), the SPDR S&P World ex Australia Fund (WXOZ), the SPDR S&P World ex Australia ...

Best ESG super, investment products revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... third. HESTA's Sustainable Growth option was recognised as having the best diversified ESG Super Product, with Cbus's high growth in second and Catholic Super's PositiveIMPACT third. Cbus' Super Income Stream High Growth took top place ...

Perpetual launches active ESG ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... hand-picked portfolio of shares in global companies that are benefiting from changes in technology and innovation. "IDEA is a high conviction global equity portfolio that is really tapping into investing in stocks that are benefitting from, or set to ...

Failing to manage ESG a severe risk to business: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... models, finds the Looking ahead: ESG 2030 predictions report from the KPMG Futures team. Social issues and equality will be high on the agenda. This will mean organisations will need to lead on pay gap, "with legislation eventually enacted around maximum ...

Companies at risk from modern slavery exposures beyond first tier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Companies managing and reporting on modern slavery risks should focus on looking beyond tier one suppliers and making sure that grievance mechanisms are available for use. UBS recently held a panel discussion with Kimberley Randal, CEO of FairSupply ...

Not all net zero targets created equal: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... treaty negotiations," Hall said. "You get the lowest common denominator among hundreds of countries. There is impetus to reach high quality net zero targets in the private sector." Hall pointed to the UK announcing that the TCFD would be mandatory reporting ...