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Podcast: Alex Banks - she speaks for the trees

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
On this episode of The Greener Way, we're talking with Alex Banks, a partner at EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services. Banks is co-author of a report commissioned by The Wilderness Society that found that financiers do not assess and ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Although Australian business leaders rank sustainability as being high in their organisational corporate structure, only 35% of businesses have achieved set sustainability targets over the past two years, according to Cognizant. The IT services and ...

NZ solar attracts $170 million international capital raise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... certification, and then place the portfolio with institutional investors to provide attractively priced long-term debt to fund the portfolio. First Sentier senior portfolio manager of global credit Craig Morabito commented that the structure of the transaction ...

Norway's oil fund updates climate demands

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Norway's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund has updated its expectations to companies it invests in on climate, with demands for companies to move from target setting to transition planning. Norges Bank Investment Management has told all companies ...

Higher ESG means stronger ROI: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Companies with better ESG ratings outperformed their peers with lower ratings from 2013 - 2021, according to a study from Kroll. Globally, ESG leaders achieved an annual return of 12.9%, in contrast to the 8.6% return for laggards - an approximately ...

BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... iShares ETFs is growing globally as vehicles to align portfolio allocations and implement low-carbon transition goals. The new fund will provide investors "with an innovative, unique and powerful building block to access companies in the region leading ...

Responsible investment AUM declines but uptake increases: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... funds in Australia are "managed by investors with a public commitment to responsible investment." RIAA also identified 54 fund managers as Responsible Investment Leaders and 23 fund managers awarded a new Responsible Investor designation. In a panel ...

Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The passage of the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund means an assured, long-term financing pool to support the development of social and affordable housing in conjunction with private investment. After negotiation in the Senate with crossbench ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Business and investors acceptance of the need to decarbonise Australia's economy is "irreversible," said newly appointed Net Zero Economy Agency chair Greg Combet. "It's seemingly overwhelming accepted that significant decarbonisation of the ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions fall below the radar with respect to financial institutions that might be engaged in lending to non-aligned businesses. Fund managers and institutional investment firm should not only look for climate aligned companies, but also align themselves ...