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Fossil fuel funding down 20pc: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... commitments - lending and underwriting of debt and equity issuances - from the world's 60 biggest banks. It showed that global financing for the fossil fuel industry peaked at $955.5bn in 2019, before falling to $705bn last year - a 20% fall compared ...

Podcast: Federal Budget, Climate Week, clean energy and the case for a price on carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... of Climate Energy Finance, a public interest pro bono think tank that produces research and analysis on accelerating the global energy transition. With more than three decades of financial market experience, Tim is a highly influential commentator on ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... portfolio manager. Alex Rowe recently completed his APAC tour coinciding the firm's Australian launch of its five-year-old Global Sustainable Equity strategy - an actively managed portfolio of global equities securities deemed to have "high overall ...

Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... government needs to send a clear message to investors, businesses and our trading partners that we want to lead in the global decarbonising market." Tim Buckley, founder and director of Climate Energy Finance said the Budget was an "excellent down-payment" ...

Stewardship resources should double

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... accountability, transparency, and ultimately, impactful change." Hall added: "We look forward to feedback from across the global investment industry on next steps and many future discussions on implementing these findings."

ISSB digital standards not perfect

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... climate change being under-reported". The ISSB concedes that limitations to the current disclosure practices are holding back global disclosures. It recently announced new priority research initiatives related to nature-related and human capital risks ...

Fund selection risk a material issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... for market exposures, and 25.3% for industry-adjusted returns. The data is the latest release from Scientific Beta, the global index solutions provider that focuses on smart factor, ESG and climate. Scientific Beta is a subsidiary of the Singapore Exchange ...

AXA IM releases engagement data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Climate and corporate governance were the biggest areas of focus for the leading global asset manager, which ramped up its engagement activities by 14% on the previous year. AXA Investment Managers, with €844 billion AUM, made 681 engagements with ...

Timber talks: Cultivating natural capital with Sarah Clawson

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
This episode of The Greener Way, we hear from Sarah Clawson, Global Head of Investor Relations at New Forests - an international investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies. Join senior journalist and host Rose Mary ...

BlackRock-Temasek closes at US$1.4 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance, corporates and family offices across the US, Europe and APAC. Meghan Sharp, global head of Decarbonization Partners said: "Decarbonization Partners was deliberately set up as a purpose-built entity that ...
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