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RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... is a long-term, sustainable investor focused on major societal transitions in demographics, governance, healthcare, and energy," Watson said. "The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to accelerate some of the longer-term trends already occurring in theses ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... issuance in 2019, with 55% of total issuance, up from 29% in 2018. Two thirds of proceeds are allocated to the Buildings and Energy sectors. Globally, the volume of green bond and loan issuance rose sharply by over 50%, from US$171 billion in 2018 to ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... complete disclosure would relate to emissions associated with manufacturing and transporting cars to dealers, along with energy usage. To achieve Scope 3 level disclosure, the manufacturer would also need to estimate the emissions produced by customers ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... strongly, with several fundamental construction factors playing into the performance, said Lucy Steed, CEO of Melior. "Energy has had a significant decline; we own no energy," she said. "In terms of financials, based on the Royal Commission, we have ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... equality a key point of discussion, but the full story. In the scenario of the transition to more reliance on renewable energy, there is a key difference between the global financial crisis and the financial crisis that is occurring as a result of the ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... been focused on governance issues which are quite important as well," Vynokur said. "We have seen in particular that the energy sector, which is a significant contributors to environmental concerns has been under very significant pressure over the past ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainable use of natural resources across seven issues "at the intersection of environment and development" - climate, energy, food, forests, water, cities and the ocean. Stimulus packages should follow three principles - 1) do no harm 2) make win-win ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... The environmental metrics aim to reduce the carbon emissions intensity of ammonium nitrate within Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers business, a Wesfarmers spokesperson told The Sustainability Report. in the importance being placed on ESG ...

AXA IM develops carbon footpath strategy based on forward climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... investment in a broader swathe of the economy. I would also say it would be important keeping a foothold in utilities and energy because if we are interested in seeing sustainable GDP growth, it is part of the way forward to move away from brown utilities ...

Singapore-based Vena Energy issues US$325 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Singapore-based Vena Energy, an independent power producer and renewable energy company, has issued a US$325 million green bond. Proceeds of the green bond will be used to refinance existing corporate loans for the development, construction and operation ...