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MSCI issues guide for investor reporting to TCFD guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
MSCI has issued a guide aimed at assisting investors who intend to report on their climate-related risk management processes according to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. Michael Salvatico, executive director ...

Amundi focuses on green private credit market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Asset manager Amundi has launched an investment program aimed at developing the green private credit market in Europe, with a focus on small-scale projects. Amundi is partnering with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to launch the Green Credit Continuum ...

AXA IM to launch fourth impact investing strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers will launch its fourth private market impact investing strategy later this year, focusing on opportunities healthcare and financial inclusion of consumers in emerging markets. The private market strategy will focus on regions ...

Extreme weather increases through Autumn 2019: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Autumn 2019 had the second most extreme season in Australia in the number of hot days ever recorded, according to the Australian Actuaries Climate Index. "The frequency of extreme high temperatures in Autumn 2019 was 96% above the long-term average ...

Foresight Group launches Foresight Renwable Energy Income Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Foresight Group will launch the Foresight Renewable Energy Income Fund (FREIF), aimed at providing private capital to small-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects in Australia. Foresight Group, a global infrastructure and private equity investment ...

MSCI Barra purchases data analytics firm Carbon Delta

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
MSCI subsidiary MSCI Barra (Suisse) SA rl is purchasing Zurich-based environmental fintech and data analytics firm, Carbon Delta AG. Carbon Delta is a provider of climate change scenario analysis, and MSCI and Carbon Delta "will create an extensive ...

ACCR files shareholder resolution with BHP over industry associations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) and institutional investors have filed a shareholder resolution with BHP, calling on the company to suspend its memberships in industry associations which obstruct climate policy in Australia. ...

Australia's green bond issuance tops $15 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
Australia issued $15.6 billion in green bonds as of the end of June, yet there is a pipeline of more than 400 green infrastructure investment projects, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Climate ...

Investment in climate-related opportunities grow: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
Investor appetite for climate-related investment opportunities continues to grow, with 90% of investors surveyed by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) saying they are implementing low carbon strategies. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of ...

Consultation paper seeks comment on disclosure of SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) have published a discussion paper with recommendation on disclosing for the ...