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Vestas Wind Systems call for federal support for energy grid transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... the national energy grid to support the transition to renewable energy, according to the head of Vestas Wind Systems Australia and New Zealand. "Though we've had great success in keeping up the rollout of small-scale and large-scale renewables, that ...

Evolution Mining commits to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Australian mining companies for corporate sustainability in the annual assessment of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Australia, has issued its fourth sustainability report, which provides greater detail on how the company will work to reduce greenhouse ...

Strong return for ESG funds, but oil ETF shines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
The median ESG managed fund has returned 27.8% in the 12 months to the end of October, but the strong performance of the ESG sector is dwarfed by the performance of the top performing product - a crude oil index ETF that returned 132% in that same time ...

Property manager buys nearly 100,000 carbon credits for offsetting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... communities," Maynard said. "Those offsets are higher in price, but they also retain the social and environmental benefits in Australia for Australians." ISPT has five areas of activity relating to its net carbon positive target - increased energy efficiency ...

BlueScope, Shell to collaborate on renewable hydrogen projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... of understanding covering projects at BlueScope's Port Kembla Steelworks in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The collaboration encompasses two projects - a pilot renewable hydrogen electrolyser plant at the steelworks and an Illawarra ...

Tracking sustainability as quantitative strategy: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Sustainability characteristics can be tracked as a standalone signal that delivers strong results when compared with other quantitative signals including value, sentiment and quality, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). SSGA recently published ...

FSI unlocks green finance for unlisted infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... proportion of the targeted investment strategy will be in renewable assets," said Danny Latham, partner and go-head of Australia and New Zealand, unlisted infrastructure investments at FSI. "There is increasing focus, even pre-COP26, that investors have ...

ESG overhaul for SSGA ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... ETFs beginning next year. From February 2022, the SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate Fund (DJRE), the SPDR S&P World ex Australia Fund (WXOZ), the SPDR S&P World ex Australia Fund (Hedged) (WXHG) and the SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Fund (WEMG) will all ...

APRA releases guidance on climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its final prudential practice guide on climate change financial risks. Noting that climate risks extend to all sectors of the economy, APRA noted in Prudential Practice Guide CPG 229 ...

Super funds that invest responsibly draw market share: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... outperforming their peers, the study found. This is the fourth edition of the Super Study, which is a biennial survey of Australia's largest super funds accounting for $1.9 trillion in assets under management. "What it confirms is that this ongoing increasing ...