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Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... in class. "In terms of how we communicate that, we lead with the zero carbon lithium commitment. We are not using fossil fuels in the process, and we have communicated that from the beginning, and we are committed to producing more renewable energy than ...

Science-based targets key to addressing the world's biggest challenges

LOUISE WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... capital to initiatives like those Mirova takes, and we hope will see governments committing to the transition away from fossil fuels. In Australia, the 2018 Banking Royal Commission and ensuing policy debate surrounding the concept of "members' best ...

ESG funds continue strong performance: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... managers and super funds look at, and we don't think that defines investment risk." Many ESG options screen out fossil fuels, and oil and gas stocks have underperformed in 2020 due to a combination of factors including the COVID-19 pandemic. But ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... companies aligning their business models for a warmer, low-carbon world. It avoids stocks exposed to coal, unconventional fossil fuels, Arctic oil and gas production or thermal coal electricity generation, and limits exposure to those producing oil and ...

Climate Bond Standard launches shipping criteria for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... climate-aligned shipping investments." The criteria require that ships are not primarily dedicated to transporting fossil fuels and are either zero-emission ships at the point of application for certification or performing below the average operational ...

AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... To get to net zero, companies should emit new greenhouse gas as low as possible, which means rapidly phasing out fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas, and transition to renewable energy, the Climate Council said. IFM Investors and Cbus are some organisations ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... economies, companies and investors. Australia's economy is particularly vulnerable under this long term outlook - fossil fuels represent a chunk of the economy, and there is thus far not enough public investment to finance the transition, said Jennifer ...

ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... for portfolios and companies whose practices align with their ethical values, which may include: less reliance on fossil fuels, better corporate governance and, partly as a result of the pandemic, increasing awareness of 'Social' (the S in ESG) ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Investment (SRI) options to refine the list of excluded companies to include those earning 5% or more of revenue from fossil fuels and their supply chains. SRI options had three specific screens: climate change, ethical and convention and controversy-based ...

ESG in fixed income more than green bonds: Daintree

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... based on renewable energy by 2050, which Dunn says means that by 2050 more electricity will still be generated from fossil fuels than by renewables, especially in emerging markets. Thus, it is not possible to simply exclude fossil fuel extraction in ...