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Global fund manager launches local climate transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
A leading global fund manager has launched a green transition index fund for Australia and New Zealand. Northern Trust Asset Management has created the NT World Green Transition Index, which excludes companies with fossil fuel reserves, and selects ...

Industry fund sets bar higher with Net Zero timing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... companies in which we invest," Squires said. "We want to give companies the opportunity, if they are genuinely trying to decarbonise, we want to support those companies." Image courtesy of Johann Siemens on Unsplash

Climate Action 100+ aviation engagement takes off

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... has been identified as a "hard to abate" sector, meaning it has few cost-effective and readily available options to decarbonise. Aviation is a carbon-intensive mode of transportation, with Climate Action 100+ noting it accounts for around 2.5% of global ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... the US rejoin the Paris Climate Accord in the next 30 days, signaling that the US will step up in its commitments to decarbonise its economy as with other participants. Former President Donald Trump had removed the US from the Paris Agreement. The return ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... understanding sector decarbonisation pathways, how should sectors such as steel, oil and gas, and the automotive industry decarbonise in terms of carbon intensity of products, per unit of cement or steel. What kind of technologies are part of that, what ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... the top-performing funds against RMetrics' model having ethical charters or having made public commitments to decarbonise their portfolios over the coming decades. "We have ongoing discussions with clients depending on what stage they're at," ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... market anymore." Jackson noted that 70% of Australia's international trade was with countries that have set targets to decarbonise their economies by 2050, and said that the inquiry risks creating the perception that government views managing climate ...

Hydrogen's role in the green economy

ANTOINE CHAMPENIER  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... opportunities across the emerging hydrogen economy. Hydrogen's Role in the Green Economy Hydrogen is a highly efficient way to decarbonise a wide range of carbon-emitting activities. It has the versatility to operate across the transport, heat, industry ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... What that means is that there's not enough public expenditure to invest in the economy to help the economy to decarbonise." If this situation persists, it puts Australian companies at a disadvantage to global peers, Wu noted. "It's worrying because ...

Superannuation funds accelerate climate action: ClimateWorks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... companies in which they invest to disclose their climate risks. More recently, funds have begun asking companies to decarbonise through initiatives such as Climate Action 100+.? "In the last year, there has been an incredible acceleration in the development ...