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APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... its members continue to oppose genuine climate action which argued that the group's lobbying is inconsistent with limited global warming to two degrees. The report claims APPEA's support for net zero emissions by 2050 is only "notional" in nature and ...

Infrastructure manager joins Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... investors, with over 575MW of renewable energy generation capacity under management. ATLAS Infrastructure is a specialist global listed infrastructure manager with exposure to high quality listed infrastructure companies across developed markets. "Responsible ...

EY names Oceania chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... reducing emissions by 40% and achieving net zero by 2025," the firm said. Nelson is based in Melbourne and is currently EY global climate change and sustainability services leader, which is a team that covers sustainability, nonfinancial reporting and ...

Investment Leadership Awards ESG winners revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... for its Australian Shares Fund - Wholesale, while BetaShares won in the ESG category for international equities for its Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI). The awards span 21 categories across six major asset class sectors, with analysis conducted ...

Assessing carbon beta risk in portfolios: Platypus Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... carbon - what they call the carbon beta - the higher the risk of re-pricing by the market as the transition to a low-carbon global economy gains pace. The lower the sensitivity or beta, the lower the risk of re-pricing on purely carbon related grounds. ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... cited economic analysis from reinsurer Swiss Re as the basis for those predictions "Deep carbon reductions and limiting global temp increase are the most critical actions for countries to collectively make," said Oxfam Australia climate justice strategic ...

Fiona Reynolds to step down from PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... from a staff of 37 and just over one thousand PRI signatories. Currently, PRI has more than 170 staff and is nearing 4,000 global signatories, collectively representing more than half the world's institutional assets. Reynolds oversaw the implementation ...

Integrating the circular economy into investment strategies: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... how sustainability provides business opportunity." American Century has previously identified the transition towards a global circular economy as a key ESG issue in 2021. Companies must rethink resource consumption, energy usage and manufacturing processes ...

Supermarket group signs 10-year renewable deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... https://www.fssustainability.com.au/companies-pledge-100-renewable-energy-by-2025?q=woolworths, whilst also joining the global RE100 initiative. It will build on its network of rooftop solar panels installed in more than 150 national locations by signing ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management augments APAC sustainability team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Shimada as lead APAC sustainable investing strategist. Shimada will be based in Hong Kong and will report to Jennifer Wu, global head of sustainable investing. She will lead region-wide commercial efforts and will be responsible for working with key ...