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Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has developed a carbon transition investment framework to identify and reduce climate risks in corporate bond portfolios. The framework has been developed to assist insurance and superannuation fund clients in particular ...

APA Group sets net zero targets for emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... However, the group's announced net zero target does not cover scope 3 emissions, which can represent a larger part of climate emissions in a company's value chain. APA Group has published a climate change position statement and scenario analysis and ...

Investors lag in integrating climate risk: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Investors are increasingly acknowledging climate change as a major risk, but some have not yet incorporated it in investment processes, according to PGIM. PGIM has released research, Weathering Climate Change: Opportunities and Risks in an Altered Investment ...

Majority of CFOs see ESG's importance to business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... data related to ESG material impacts, with Deloitte reporting that most CFOs recognise the potential for ESG, including climate change, to "bring both greater risks and greater value creation over the longer term. But even so, focusing on nearer term ...

Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Stakeholders including investors and activists have welcomed a decision by Rio Tinto to put its climate reporting to an advisory vote at this year's AGMs. Rio Tinto is the first Australian-listed company to commit to a vote on its Taskforce for Climate-related ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... price on emissions. The move highlights the fact that Australia is a global outlier in terms of targets and commitments on climate change, and how dependent Australian businesses are on strong multilateral trade relationships between Australia and its ...

BetaShares to launch climate change innovation ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
BetaShares will launch another sustainability-linked ETF on the ASX. The BetaShares Climate Change Innovation ETF (ERTH) is designed to provide investors with exposure to global companies "at the forefront of tackling today's climate and environmental ...

ESG part of financial sustainability of infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... transitions from higher-carbon-emitting forms of energy generation to more renewable-based generation in an attempt to control climate change, they still expect natural gas to be used as a bridging fuel. However, markets around the world are starting ...

Ausbil drops fossil fuel companies from sustainable fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... to decarbonisation like Macquarie Group, which has named decarbonisation as business theme. "We know the UN has called climate change the defining issue of our time, and for us as investors we have to look at this for our investments," he said. "Effectively ...

Clean Energy-based ETF to list on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... and net zero targets by mid-century, all intended to comply with the targets of the Paris Cimate Agreement to achieve a climate-neutral world by 2050 and to cap the rise in global average temperature to below 2C above pre-industrial levels. "US President ...