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Strong return for ESG funds, but oil ETF shines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... ten-plus years. We should be investing for the themes, not investing in the headwinds, and investing in things with tailwinds - water, food, waste, healthcare, technology." CreationWealth director and senior financial planner Andrew Zbik called it "an ...

Property manager buys nearly 100,000 carbon credits for offsetting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... offsets. "We recognise that we are likely to have some residual emissions related to diesel/gas/refrigerants (and scope 3 for water and waste) - that's what we're targeting an offsetting program." ISPT is also investigating how they might electrify ...

FSI unlocks green finance for unlisted infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... the EU Taxonomy, and include renewable energy, energy efficiency, waste management, clean transportation and sustainable water management. "An increasing proportion of the targeted investment strategy will be in renewable assets," said Danny Latham ...

Not all net zero targets created equal: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... infrastructure is really critical to decarbonisation. The world can live without tobacco companies, but we can't live without water." Engagement rather than divestment is a key tool for infrastructure companies, said Andrew Maple-Brown, co-founder ...

Biodiversity loss a material financial risk: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... risk profile of a company," Davidson said. The report notes that putting a value on natural capital, which includes soils, water, oceans, biodiversity and landscapes, is a "crucial step" to assessing associated investment risks. While mechanisms for ...

CBA to pilot green loans for agribusiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Pilot, the big focus will be on the things farmers are doing and are looking to do, whether that be around energy efficiency, water efficiency projects, sequestering carbon. We think that's a great opportunity to incentivise those projects." "What we're ...

COP26 week two: impacts for Australians

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... opportunities if global heating exceeds 1.5C." The second week of COP26 also featured issue-specific days covering women, water and transport, bringing to the fore specific commitments relating to how climate change impacts on people as well as planet. ...

ESG a thematic tailwind for microcap stocks: Yarra Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... service provision - Envirosuite (EVS), which Fleming said offers smart environmental monitoring software across air, noise and water that is already a key input into many companies' social license to operate; RPM Global (RUL), a provider of a range of ...

Kilter Rural in $70m mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... $70 million from an unnamed US institutional investor with the mandate to invest in sustainable Australian agriculture and water assets. Investors are seeking natural capital investments in response to changing regulatory frameworks and a revised approach ...

CEFC allocates seed capital for lithium production technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... material carbon and reagent footprints. The extraction of lithium from salt-lake brine also produces significant land and water footprints. The Novalith process for extracting lithium consumes carbon dioxide as a reagent, reducing emissions, eliminating ...