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Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... power of green bonds, you need to have more than one transaction," Gordillo said. "You need the transactions to be big enough, and you need to understand how much of those carbon avoidance related to the green bond is related to the company overall." ...

Investors shifting to net zero targets: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... while some governments and companies have made commitments to decarbonise by mid-century, the commitments are still not enough to align with containing global warming to 1.5 degrees. "This brings us to the key challenge, the distributed leadership of ...

Coles sets net zero target with absolute emissions reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... generation certificates for renewable electricity until the end of 2030. Under the agreement, Coles Group will purchase enough large-scale generation certificates from Lal Lal Wind Farms to further increase Coles' renewable electricity to 45% of ...

Companies making net zero commitments they need to keep: investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... said. "The main weaknesses were the targets, which don't include scope 3 emission, and the targets aren't ambitious enough to be considered Paris-aligned." Climate Action 100+ calls for companies to explicitly commit to aligning their future ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... of using purchased carbon credits to offset carbon emissions within the portfolio, the risk is that this does not create enough real-world carbon reduction to make meaningful progress to containing climate change, said Brendan Baker, vice president and ...

Healthcare sector offers investment opportunity: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... cases, and as a result, procedure volume fell again. Hospitals were cramped with COVID0-19 cases, and they can't allocate enough capacity towards traditional procedures. "Our thinking is that as we get more vaccination, we should start to see a normalisation ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... circumstances, and incorporate clear escalation measures for non-responsive businesses or those that do not act quickly enough. "We are informed by the science, we have to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees and that means we have to reach net zero by ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... said. "But it starts to hit at the idea of best practice. The questions are, if you don't hit the target, is there a strong enough disincentive to prevent that. Should issuers be more aggressive on the penalties? "As a company coming to market with the ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... invest in undiscounted change. We aim to identify where fundamental changes are happening and we like to give the company enough time to make these changes, so at least two to three years to see the results. If we do not see a stock price react following ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... positive contribution to the SDGs. Robeco's analysts also scan companies for controversies. If they're serious enough, they can preclude the company from inclusion in the fund. They can form the basis for engagement as well. There is some evidence ...