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SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... SSGA addresses racial and ethnic diversity within its own company. The letter also reiterates SSGA's approaches on climate change. Last year, SSGA joined Climate Action 100+. "The letter reinforces our approach around climate change as a systemic ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management and two international fund managers have founded an initiative to accelerate investment in natural capital. The Natural Capital Investment Alliance has been established by the Prince of Wales as part of his ...

Australia's Paris Agreement carbon commitments criticised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... from the initial Paris Agreement in 2016. "Australia will continue to play our part in an effective global response to climate change," the submission states. "Under a Paris Agreement applicable to all, Australia will implement an economy-wide target ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... (SDGs). "You need to understand where are the high risks, medium risks, and low risks within a portfolio," Lewis said. "With climate risk, you always get red flags popping up for oil and gas, utilities, metals and miners, the risks, the heat maps are ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change and renewables, governance, and supply chains are the top 2021 priorities for institutional investors, according to a recent survey from Bank of America. "We expected climate to be important because everything is moving in that direction ...

Future Super to reduce fees on fund options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... reserve, the fund said. Those savings are passed back to members. "We grow retirement savings to shape a future free from climate change and inequality," Hunter said. "Our primary objective is to ensure that our members have a comfortable retirement ...

MUFG Bank structures $333 million green financing deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... projects. KPMG provided the independent limited assurance for the green loan. The loan also received CBI certification from Climate Bonds Initiative under the Climate Bonds Standard, which marks it as the first CBI certified loan from India. MUFG has ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... link between workers made more vulnerable by the pandemic and overall human rights and modern slavery to the impacts of climate change. This year tested every principle of sustainability, from the bushfires that began the year to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Report calls out AIA's coal-based assets, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... and carrying out a full review of all other coal-related investments as part of our efforts to meet our own significant climate ambitions." The result of that review will guide future investment strategy, AIA said. "Our focus on infrastructure investing ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... inquiry will examine the legality of banks and insurers' decisions to withdraw from lending or insuring mining projects on climate risk grounds. The big banks and regulators including APRA and ASIC are expected to be called to the parliamentary inquiry ...