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New tool tackles climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Investments, Maple-Brown Abbott, and Perennial Partners have commended the data provider for its impact assessment tools. The new Climate Risk Calculator provides forward-looking climate data to help asset managers gauge risk and analyse scenarios to ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are increasingly concerned about the "twin crises" of biodiversity loss and climate change resulting from deforestation. That was a key finding of ISS STOXX's Natural Capital Research Institute's first report on how investors ...

GFANZ pivots amid climate alliance shake-up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
A major climate group bids adieu to three major institutions - with one firm saying it will focus on a different group which will no longer require members to adopt net zero targets. Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) just lost Citigroup, Morgan Stanley ...

Rest-backed climate fund buys first assets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Fidelity has made its first purchases in the Fidelity Real Estate Logistics Impact Climate Solutions (LOGICs) Fund, buying three European assets for an undisclosed sum with Rest as a cornerstone investor. LOGICs, Fidelity's second climate impact ...

Green careers in silent crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... abroad. A UK study has revealed 43% of green professionals are the sole staff member responsible for sustainability and climate change within their organisation. The research, conducted by Green Careers Hub, a UK careers site led by the Institute of ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... or commitments to set targets, with Asia leading the charge. "As the founding chief executive of the UK's Committee on Climate Change (CCC), David is a true pioneer with unrivalled qualifications," said SBTi chair Francesco Starace. Outgoing interim ...

Most popular podcast episodes of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... in infrastructure with Niall Mills of Igneo While infrastructure as an asset class is heavily exposed to the risks of climate change, it is also key to decarbonising our global economy. Listen here. 6. Global update on sustainability laws and standards ...

Most-read articles of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... a flaw in ESG ratings as a reliable metric for fund managers, a global index provider says. Read here. Investors exit climate group amid politicisation Climate Action 100+ lost two more asset managers in May. The high-profile withdrawals were pinned ...

Aus govt calls VCs and private equity to back circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... inaugural plan for a circular economy. The Circular Economy Framework, released last week by the federal department of climate change, energy, environment and water, calls investors the catalysts for achieving this change. The plan sets out the conditions ...

Climate ETF smashes global record

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
A climate-focused ETF has broken the world record on ETF launch funding, debuting with US$2.4 billion in assets from Finnish pension insurer Varma. The Invesco MSCI Global North America Climate ETF (KLMN) tracks the MSCI Global Climate 500 North America ...