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T. Rowe Price evaluates sustainability impacts of plastic consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... management organisation with US$1.082 trillion in assets under management, has released a research note outlining the sustainability impacts of the consumption and disposal of plastics, with particular regard to impacts on investible companies. "We think ...

Fidelity International appoints Jenn-Hui Tan global head of stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... International. "Fidelity continues to develop its capabilities in this area, most recently with the launch of our own sustainability ratings covering our investible universe of 3,000 issuers,"Anand said. "We're delighted to promote Jenn-Hui to this important ...

RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... driving flows into thematic funds and screened funds. "Although there are some small parts of the market around sustainability themed and negatively themed, that's where a lot of the quite interesting activity is occurring and what probably most closely ...

CEFC, Ironstone Capital create Warada Capital, specialist joint venture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... opportunities, and will also invest in operating brownfield assets where there is a capacity to improve returns and sustainability through technology enhancements. "We see investment potential across early-stage solar and wind projects, energy storage ...

Fidelity International develops proprietary sustainability ratings system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
Fund Manager Fidelity International has developed a proprietary sustainability ratings system applicable to equity and fixed income assets. Jenn-Hui Tan, head of capital markets and corporate governance at Fidelity International. The system covers Fidelity's ...

NSW government to issue a second Sustainability & Social Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
The NSW Government announced that it will issue a Sustainability & Social Bond later this year. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet New South Wales became the first state to establish the Sustainability Bond Programme in 2018 and successfully raised $1.8 ...

Pengana WHEB Sustainable Investing Impact Report identifies positives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... four to seven years. It only invests in companies that produce goods and services that address the challenges of sustainability, thereby generating a positive social or environmental impact. The fund has had one month returns of 1.32%, compared to its ...

Insight Investment applies traffic light analysis to green, impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... score to impact bonds, and found that "many of the instruments coming to market fall short of minimum standards for sustainability." Josh Kendall, senior ESG analyst, Insight Investment Insight Investment's traffic light score examines a social or environmental ...

T. Rowe Price analyses water, energy, food nexus and investment impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... and that figure expected to double by 2040. As such, "lack of water is shifting from being a global, long-term sustainability concept to a more local and immediate problem. Incidentally, it is typically easier for politicians to mobilise around locally ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives new loan facility, new name

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... innovative financing model that allows commercial, office, and industrial buildings to retrofit projects for energy sustainability. Environmental Upgrade Agreements (EUAs) are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance ...