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bfinance sounds alarm on "overly simplistic" carbon targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
Investors face potentially serious pitfalls if they apply "overly simplistic" carbon-reducing targets in equity portfolios, according to bfinance. The independent investment consultant identified a restricted manager universe, sub-optimal or unintended ...

Responsible investments top $1.54 trillion in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... around the performance of certified products, and we're finding that they're performing on average more strongly than the rest of the market in the medium to long term," Parker said. "That's backed up by international research that really good, responsible ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation turns 10

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... overcome capital market barriers to commercialising clean energy technologies. The CEFC survived the 2014 repeal of most of the rest of the Clean Energy Future legislation, despite former Prime Minister swearing a "blood oath" to repeal the carbon pricing ...

NGS Super divests from oil and gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
NGS Super has divested from more than $190 million in oil and gas exploration and production companies, predominately Woodside and Santos. The divestment is in line with the fund's announced target of a 35% reduction of Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon ...

Innova launches ESG model portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Innova Asset Management has launched a range of ESG-focused model portfolios that will donate at least 20% of fund revenue to four identified Australian charities. The Innova Sustainable Future Managed Account Solution portfolios apply negative and ...

Resource efficiency a marker for investment performance: Osmosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... within the sector, such as renewables, with the additional risk budget allocated to resource efficient companies across the rest of the economy. This approach allows us to deal with the supply side of fossil fuels through divestment but importantly through ...

BNPP AM releases "biodiversity footprint" for investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has analysed its equities and fixed income investments to determine its biodiversity footprint - the potential negative impact their portfolio has on nature. A year after announcing a biodiversity roadmap, BNP ...

High modern slavery risk to ASX 300: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Nearly one third (31%) of the ASX 300 are assessed as high risk for modern slavery, according to a new scorecard from ISS ESG. ISS ESG has launched the Modern Slavery Scorecard, which assesses modern slavery risks in operations and supply chains, preparedness ...

Industry reacts to ASIC greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) recently released information sheet on greenwashing is a good first step in setting the regulator's expectations, but experts say there is more to be done to improve disclosure on ...

Investor backing for Say on Climate votes: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Financial Group, CareSuper, Cbus Super, Equipsuper, Colonial First State, HESTA, HostPlus, Mercer, Mine Super, NGS Super, QSuper, REST, SunSuper, Telstra Super, UniSuper and Vision Super. The 10 remaining funds that make up the 30 largest funds have ...