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Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Widows' investment offering for UK pension savers. "For Australian institutional investors, this collaboration showcases how climate, sustainability and financial objectives can be combined in a custom index with low tracking error, low turnover and ...

Podcast: Anti-ESG at home and abroad - Trump, Dutton, and Meta with Morningstar's Michelle Cameron

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... home. US President Donald Trump's move back to the White House this week heralds the next stage of anti-ESG, anti-climate, and anti-DEI sentiments overseas. Media reports here in Australia predict that we could soon see the same on home soil depending ...

Green aluminium gets $2bn boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... The Centre for Policy Development (CPD) welcomed the announcement. "The energy transition is not just about addressing climate change; it's about unlocking tremendous economic opportunities," Centre for Policy Development economic director Toby Phillips ...

BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... practices allegedly misled investors and consumers regarding BlackRock's investment objectives and alignments with climate-focused initiatives as well as other policy-oriented goals. Tennessee attorney general Jonathan Skrmetti, who filed the "first-of-its-kind" ...

China plays long game on battery disruption

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... measures for miners in 'survival mode', it is concerned by the negative impact for investors. Tim Buckley, director of Climate Energy Finance (CEF) said mining markets are cyclical and warned against assuming normal cycles when China is involved. It's ...

Australian Ethical grows FUM to $13.26bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... pressuring the financial industry and the companies we invest in to reduce, transition and stop activities which worsen climate change. "Climate change risks and costs affect investors, directly and indirectly, short term and over the long term, and ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... offered by Aware, seeking to avoid or restrict investments with highly adverse environmental or social impact, including climate change and controversial weapons, tobacco, and live animal exports. Owned by ISS STOXX, Rainmaker Group is publisher of Financial ...

Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week. NZAM, established in 2020 to address the financial risks of climate change and promote a net zero transition, has removed its requirement for members to commit to net zero by 2050 in line with ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... inclusion (59%), and environmental (42%). Just 30% used GHG or carbon emissions measures including Scope 3 emissions. Climate-linked pay largely fails to achieve results, a study last year from the Investor Group on Climate Change found. Ganu predicts ...

Subscription EVs attract HESTA, IFM interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Sonya Sawtell-Rickson said the investment aligns with the fund's strategy to have 10% of its portfolio invested in climate solutions by 2030. "Innovative investments like this can help us strive to deliver strong, long-term returns for our members ...