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UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... UniSuper to fully divest from fossil fuels. "UniSuper must loudly and proudly divest from all companies that are undermining global climate goals by expanding the fossil fuel industry," said Will van de Pol, asset management campaigner, Market Forces ...

Podcast: Managing climate and sustainability megatrends with Terence Jeyaretnam

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... opportunities. He also explains how his personal interests in systems level changes have led him to directorships with Global Citizen, Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand and Amnesty International. Jeyaretnam joined EY in 2014, when EY bought sustainability ...

BlackRock continues renewable infrastructure investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Asia-Pacific co-head of climate infrastructure, BlackRock. "It will sit alongside the other portfolio businesses as part of our global renewable power strategy." BlackRock Real Assets sees a steady pipeline of enabling infrastructure to invest in, particularly ...

NZ Super Fund shifts $25 billion to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... taking effect on 1 July 2022. The changes apply to the fund's reference portfolio benchmark and its passive investments in global equities. The fund previously tracked a custom version of the MSCI All Country World Investible Market Total Return Index. ...

Integrating ESG central to C-Suite considerations: Mazars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... to transform their businesses, with technology and sustainability-related transformations being the most likely - 62% of global leaders expect to transform their sustainability strategy in the coming years, second only to technology transformation (68%). ...

Glencore faces greenwashing allegations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Advertisers Code of Ethics." "Climate change is one of the key challenges of our time and with it has come a fundamental shift in global policy and public sentiment against the use of fossil fuels," said Lock the Gate Alliance national coordinator Carmel ...

Podcast: Inclusive product design with Amarachi Seery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... companies that are associated with corruption or doing business with oppressive regimes. However, Janus Henderson's Global Sustainable Equity Strategy invests in companies whose products and services are "considered by the investment manager as contributing ...

HESTA ups the ante on AGL, Santos on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Woodside on a watchlist over concerns that their stated climate strategies do not meet the transition pathway to containing global warming at 1.5˚C. The $68 billion super fund has also lifted its 2030 emissions reduction target to 50%, increasing its ...

Clear link between ESG performance and shareholder return: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... shareholder returns, according to Federated Hermes. However, the relationship between ESG and stronger return is non-linear, the global equities team has found. The performance doesn't come from ESG leaders outperforming, but rather stems from the fact ...

Sustainable packaging sector set to grow: Nanuk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... significant that the end product itself is a direct concern. Packaging leftover ends p in waste streams." Nanuk noted that global production of primary plastic is forecast to reach 1.1 billion tonnes by 2050 if historical growth trends continue. Governments ...