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Biodiversity loss a material financial risk: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... which biodiversity loss presents physical, transition and systemic risks to businesses. The report outlines industries with high dependency on biodiversity through operations include fisheries, forestry, agriculture and aquaculture; food, beverages and ...

Deep impact: the next step in sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Impact investing has previously more been identified with private market strategies and investments in specific use of proceeds bonds like green bonds or social impact bonds, where the allocation of capital is directly tied to the activity of the use ...

CEO pay disparity seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... thousand people's attitudes to ethical conduct across society. The 2021 Ethics Index Score is 45, down from the five-year high of 52 in 2020. Although the 2021 ethics index score is lower than last year's, by comparison, the overall Ethics Index score ...

Australian company boards lack skill, experience to lead net zero transition: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Australian company directors "lack the skills and experience" to lead the transition to net zero emissions by 2050, according to a report by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Further, the IGCC report, A Changing Climate: what investors expect ...

COP26 week two: impacts for Australians

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... partnership would see both countries share expertise to ensure Papua New Guinea is internationally recognised as a source of high-integrity offsets. Methane commitments bring implications for infrastructure The lack of hard targets from COP26 does not ...

APAC investors taking decarbonisation action: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Institutional 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 ...

BetaShares launches ethical SMAs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
BetaShares has launched four new ethical separately managed accounts (SMAs). This represents a milestone for BetaShares, becoming the first Australian ETF manager to successfully bring an ethical direct equity SMA to market, as well as being the first ...

COP26 commitments on methane to impact infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... forward. "What we're seeing at COP26 is confirmatory," Langley said. "The work we've done leads us to be confident to apply high growth rates to the asset bases of a lot of the companies we analyse. In a lot of instances, the growth rate we're expecting ...

Brighte issues second green asset backed securitisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Aaa rating by Moody's. Brighte Founder and CEO Katherine McConnell said the deal reflected the strong investor demand for high performing sustainable assets. "We've had the intention to do this from inception, so achieving this rating is a validation ...

COP26 week two: negotiations focus on carbon markets, reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... partnership would see both countries share expertise to ensure Papua New Guinea is internationally recognised as a source of high-integrity offsets. Gerrard is watching developments of the offsets scheme by Australia and others. "It's early days ...