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CEFC, super funds allocate to IFM Investors private equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Equity Growth Partners Fund invests in Australian-based mid-market growth companies and aims to accelerate emissions reduction in these companies. HESTA and legalsuper have also invested in the fund. Investments will be targeted at companies that have ...

YFYS, tracking error a challenge to ESG adoption: Parametric

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... to a sector, you can go to a 1% underweight and with tweaks around the edges, get the same level of carbon emissions reduction but knock down ten to 20 basis points of tracking error."

Australian funds highlighted for climate action plans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Three Australia investors have been singled out for showing best practice in setting climate action plans. Aware Super, IFM Investors and UniSuper are part of a list of 10 institutional investors highlighted by the Investor Agenda for their work on ...

South32 negotiates US$1.4 billion sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... and zinc in Australia, Southern Africa and South America. The SLL is linked to the company's commitment to emissions reduction and improving energy and water use efficiency. In May 2021, South32 announced a target of reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions ...

New Forests calls for demand and supply integrity on carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... the supply side, New Forests outlined six principles- carbon credits should be real - representing a real emissions reduction, avoided emission or carbon removal; additional, independently verified; addressing permanence, addressing leakage, and doing ...

Vestas Wind Systems call for federal support for energy grid transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... help to achieve that, one of the biggest is investment in the grid." According to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, 24% of Australia's electricity came from renewable energy in 2020, up from 21% in 2019. Solar is now the largest source ...

Property manager buys nearly 100,000 carbon credits for offsetting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) has purchased nearly 100,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to meet carbon neutral commitments for its property portfolio. ISPT has purchased and surrendered 97,000 ACCUs, representing one metric tonne of ...

Beyond the spin - what did COP26 actually deliver?

SIMON O'CONNOR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
FS Sustainability is pleased to present this opinion piece from Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). If there is one thing a UN Climate Change Conference always delivers, it is bucketloads of pledges. ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Global listed infrastructure companies will be key to reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement, but net zero target announcements should be critically examined by investors, according to Maple-Brown Abbott. While many companies have outlined some variation ...

CBA to pilot green loans for agribusiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Stockyard Group for an undisclosed sum. The three-year loan has set targets for the family-owned business covering emissions reduction, animal welfare and people wellbeing. https://www.fssustainability.com.au/agriculture-business-signs-first-sustainability-linked-loan ...