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IGCC, global investors urge G7 to step up game on Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Nearly 300 institutional investors from around the world have urged G7 governments to step up their actions to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, support investment in the low-carbon transition and improve climate-related financial disclosures. ...

QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Premiums4Good program. QBE is looking towards areas such as affordable housing, renewable energy and healthcare. QBE manages a portfolio of more than $20 billion globally, and the company's interest in impact investing began in 2014, said Phil White ...

Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... "seeks to address the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda in its investment." Bruce Smith, principal and portfolio manager of the Alphininty SSF The Alphinity SSF is a diversified portfolio of Australian stocks that have strong ESG characteristics ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM AXA IM this week hosted a panel discussion focusing on portfolio construction in light of recent short-term market volatility, which AXA IM believes "may be signifying the final stages of ...

Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... opportunities," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "We particularly like the idea of scenario analysis, where companies look at their entire portfolio base, and I think that makes more sense than just emissions per se.... We're also part of Climate Action 100+. A ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... that. For the rest of the stocks that aren't excluded, it's an optimisation." Darroch also noted that SSGA engages with portfolio companies on issues including climate change and gender equality that impact on long-term value creation. "I think that ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... into our credit assessment, so our CEO and CIO have had great foresight to foresee this as a value-adding space in our portfolio. That improves governance and the impact on the portfolio." ESG considerations are weighed with other factors to determine ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Editor's note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to run this comment piece from Cromwell Property Group By Bobby Binning, Head of Property at Cromwell Property Group Bobby Binning, Head of Property at Cromwell Property Group Institutional investors ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has invested into Bright Energy Investments (BEI), a portfolio of wind and solar renewable generation assets. Cbus Super and the Dutch Infrastructure Fund (DIF) will own 80.1% equity in the portfolio, while Synergy, the West Australian government-owned ...

CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... (35%) and the transport sector (18%). The CEFC estimates that just a five per cent improvement across the assets in the portfolio would abate almost 69,000 tonnes of CO2-e annually. "IFM Investors has a track record of actively working with its assets ...