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Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... manager, responsible investments at VicSuper. Before moving into the superannuation industry, she was a director in EY's climate and sustainability team. "HESTA has pioneered an award-winning impact investment program and responsible investment framework ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Looking back over the time in which she worked at the global organisation, Reynolds highlights the exploding focus on climate change. "Certainly, when I started at the PRI, climate change was hardly on the agenda of most investors," she said. "It wasn't ...

ASX in running to develop Australian carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... with an aim to launch by the end of 2021. SGX, in conjunction with DBS, Standard Chartered and Temasek, are developing Climate Impact X (CIX), aimed at providing entities with high quality carbon credits to address hard-to-abate emissions. CIX will offer ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... investor interest in carbon markets and gauges the increasing business appetite for investing in nature-based solutions to climate change in the Asia-Pacific. "Carbon markets can be an opportunity not just for leveraging private investment into developing ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... investors. NatureCo will respond to rapidly growing global demand for high integrity nature-based solutions to support business climate and corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. It is co-founded by Point Advisory and Biodiverse Carbon, a ...

J.P. Morgan AM acquires forestry firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... allow us to apply our expertise in managing real assets to forests, which are a natural solution to many of the world's climate, biodiversity and social challenges." Campbell Global's investment offering will sit within J.P. Morgan's $168 billion Global ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... is part of a broader implementation plan across the business that will see us play our part in stemming human-induced climate change." The target builds off of the fund's existing work around ESG integration, including having previously screened ...

Charter Hall hires group head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... wider community." Charter Hall is one of 36 asset owners and fund managers recognised last year for their leadership in climate reporting on the Principles for Responsible Investment Leaders' Group. PRI signatories from Australia that appeared on ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change, diversity, and systemic inequality topped the engagement list for T. Rowe Price, with the global fund manager pressing for improved disclosure from corporations and asset managers on ESG issues. T. Rowe Price has issued its third ESG ...

Why the move to clean energy won't be enough

ALISTAIR MILLS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change: Opportunity in the face of catastrophe 2020 was planet Earth's hottest on record - a fact that many would be forgiven for missing in what can only be described as a tumultuous year. Outside of the COVID pandemic, global weather patterns ...