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Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... role. This comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) announce new chairs. Tan has received multiple promotions since he started at the firm in 2007 after leaving a corporate ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... tools and, where appropriate, consider enforcement action in line with the FCA's Approach to Enforcement." Zenith Investment Partners head of responsible investment and sustainability Dugald Higgins said fund managers "need to tread with care" when ...

Podcast: Solving the social housing crisis - Casey Taylor

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... this episode of The Greener Way, we're talking investing in affordable housing with Casey Taylor from Conscious Investment Management. By any conceivable measure, affordable housing is a crisis in Australia, with a variety of potential mechanisms ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... collapse, tropical coral reef die-off, northern permafrost abrupt thaw, and Barents Sea ice loss. Many pension funds use investment models that predict global warming of 2 to 4.3°C will have only a minimal impact on member portfolios, and that even ...

Finding opportunities in the energy transition: IML

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... allocate in ways that take into account complex and rapidly changing economic factors. That's the view of three investment professionals who are part of the of Natixis Investment Managers affiliate network - Mirova, Vaughan Nelson and Australia's ...

La Trobe Uni issues $175m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... operating officer Mark Smith. "La Trobe University is already deeply committed to environmental sustainability, with an investment of $75 million to become carbon neutral and secure Climate Active certification as an institution by 2029," Smith said. ...

Using ChatGPT to assess climate targets: Acadian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... "Quantitative communications is better than qualitative, specificity is useful as well. We use that in the general investment process with the way that companies talk about earnings." Moniz pointed out that the tool incorporates uncertainty to assess ...

Brookfield signs MoU for renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... components for wind energy to supply to the market. Brookfield will work with Reliance to explore avenues of direct capital investment and development of skills, knowledge and expertise. The companies are currently exploring whether equipment will be ...

AustralianSuper grows global team with numerous hires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... recruiting talent from J.P. Morgan, BNP Paribas, and Macquarie Group. AustralianSuper appointed John Normand as head of investment strategy for Europe; Sujay Shah has taken on the role of head of internal government portfolios; Deborah Gilshan is the ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels with 2.2 times more exposure than average. Europe also leads in climate stewardship, with Legal & General Investment Management, UBS Asset Management, BNP Paribas Asset Management, and Federated Hermes top of the list demonstrating engagement ...