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High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... declines, but the correlation certainly merits further investigation. The report suggests that investors can "improve their portfolio exposure to incidents through a tilting strategy. The tilts, which range from +0.5% for the Technology industry to -0.2% ...

BetaShares launches Australian equities ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... director, BetaShares The BetaShares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX: FAIR) "provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of Australian companies that have been screened to preference companies engaged in sustainable business activities and ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Estate flagship Shopping Centre Fund (QSCF) with the goal of improving energy performance across the QSCF shopping centre portfolio. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The investment comes in the form of a senior debt facility and is ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... listen to what you have to say. We wanted to develop a process that was able to focus on engagement across the entire portfolio. Even companies that have quite strong ESG scores and strong ESG practices, we feel there's room for improvement on the reporting ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... means, and the role that capital has to play." During the two-day event, attendees will hear from discuss constructing a portfolio around the Sustainable Development Goals, the democratization of capital and the role that fintech and disruptors will ...

ANZ Bank identifies climate change as component within credit risk, talks TCFD guidelines in 2017 Annual Review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... has established group-wide emissions reduction targets covering the emissions from the energy used across the building portfolio of commercial offices, branches and data centres. However, further details on the disclosures, including the scenario testing ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation publishes 2016/2017 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... bring an additional perspective to policy forums which continues to be well received." The CEFC reported a $3.4 billion portfolio of investment commitments with a forecast lifetime investment yield of 5.4%. This compares with the forecast lifetime investment ...

Russell Investments launches Low Carbon Global Shares Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... designed to reduce the exposure to carbon emissions and carbon reserves by 50% of the MSCI ACWI benchmark. James Harwood, portfolio manager, Russell Investments The fund uses Russell Investment's proprietary decarbonisation investment strategy and measures ...

New Forests purchases timberland estate in northern California

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... seek opportunities like this to build our business," Brand said. That strategy is being applied across New Forests' portfolio and countries of operation - the company has assets in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the US. "In New Zealand ...

Carbon Market Institute calls for clarity in safeguard mechanism, Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
The Carbon Market Institute (CMI) is calling for the government to provide clarity on the Direct Action Plan and specifically the safeguard mechanism and Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) and outline how the policies will "evolve" to meet targets under ...