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Investors call for 75% emissions reduction by 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... fund managers have outlined "high priority" policy recommendations including a 75% reduction target by 2035. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has called on the federal government to implement policies over the next three years that will support ...

RBA warns of climate-related liability risk for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... operations, Kearns said. For the superannuation and managed funds sector, "asset valuation risk is typically born by the investor, not the trustee," Kearns said. "So while investment funds seeking to maximise the return for investors need to take into ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... Pettigrew. "Climate change, diversity equity and inclusion, First Nations people, biodiversity - they're all areas that a group of investors have been looking at, working on and ben interested in from the material risk and opportunities it brings to ...

APRA releases climate risk assessment results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... superannuation trustees, whether it be the physical damage from floods or bushfires, or asset price volatility as consumer and investor demands evolve," said APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell. "The guidance in CPG 229 is aimed at helping our regulated entities ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... by 2030. Australia's enhanced NDC has been "well received," noted Emily Gerrard, director and principal lawyer at Comhar Group. "There are a number of countries since Glasgow that have submitted updated NDCs and Australia was the latest as at the Bonn ...

Ausbil charts ESG activities and portfolio engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... long-term sustainability of earnings, and I think they can be used as a proxy for management quality." Ausbil performed climate scenario analysis against ASX200 companies for the third year, to assess companies against risk of physical impacts, disruption ...

Stewart Investors identifies progress to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors Sustainable Funds Group has identified that more than half of its portfolio is invested in companies that are making direct or indirect contributions to climate change solutions, while building towards a net zero 2050 target. The Sustainable ...

BNPP AM releases "biodiversity footprint" for investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... changed, and in terms of awareness within the firm, the scope has expanded within asset management as well as BNP Paribas Group." The use of km2MSA adds a spatial element to measurement to make the calculation more concrete. The 'financed absolute biodiversity ...

Gap in financing solutions for refugees: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Despite increasing investor interest and corporate support, the sustainable finance sector is lagging when it comes to financing solutions aimed at assisting refugees, according to a report from ISS ESG. In recognition of World Refugee Week, ISS ESG ...

Sustainable debt, finance in strong start to 2022: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... acted as sole sustainability coordinator and joint global coordinator and bookrunner for a US$500 million SLB for Goodman Group. It is the first SLB for Goodman Group, and the KPIs are linked to Goodman's target to cut absolute GHG Scope 1 and 2 ...