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Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Net-Zero Asset Owners Alliance, which have pledged to align their investment portfolios with a maximum 1.5C of warming. Seven Allianz, AXA, Chubb, Liberty Mutual, Munich Re, The Hartford and Zurich, have already limited support for fossil fuels by restricting ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... joins the firm from Allan Gray Australia, where he was an investment analyst for over two years. In addition, he has over seven years' engineering experience. Pradhananga holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Engineering (First ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... all shareholder proposals jumped from 33% in 2017 to 53% in 2018, but declined to 48% in 2019. The report also found that seven funds supported a majority of proposals between 2017 and 2019: Local Government Super (82%), HESTA (66%), Vision Super (66%) ...

Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
A climate-related shareholder resolution put to the Woodside AGM has received a majority of shareholders' support. Dan Gocher, ACCR director of climate and environment The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) lodged four shareholder ...

Treasurers cite positive impact in green bonds: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Corporate treasurers report broader investor based, enhanced visibility, strengthened stakeholder relations and new business lines as a result of issuing green bonds, according to a global survey carried out by the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... United States WRI is a global research organisation that studies means to develop sustainable use of natural resources across seven issues "at the intersection of environment and development" - climate, energy, food, forests, water, cities and the ocean. ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Cromwell noted that it considers climate risks and impacts over the short term - one to three years, medium term - four to seven years (leading to 2030), and long term - eight to 15 years (up to and post-2030, leading to 2040). "We intend to undertake ...

ASX200 hits 30% target for women on boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... milestone and applaud Australia's top 100 listed companies for leading the way and surpassing 30%." AICD noted there are still seven companies in the ASX 200 with no women on their boards as of 30 November 2019: TPG Telecom Limited, HUB24 Limited (Ruth ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Australian insurers QBE and Suncorp are among global insurers and reinsurers withdrawing cover for new coal projects, according to the third annual Unfriend Coal scorecard. Seventeen of the world's biggest insurer have announced they are withdrawing ...

AXA IM to launch fourth impact investing strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... intended to capitalise on opportunities "sourced and created" since AXA Investment Mangers deployed its impact strategy seven years ago. "The networks and relationships established throughout this deployment facilitate access to direct transactions ...