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Ethical fund manager sees 50% spike in AUM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... returns of $560 million. Australian Ethical attributed the acceleration in FUM is the result of customers "taking climate action into their own hands and voting with their wallets," said Australian Ethical CEO and MD John McMurdo. "Australians are sick ...

NTAM launches new quantitative low carbon strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... investment objectives." NTAM manages US$1.1 trillion in AUM, is a UNPRI signatory and a founding signatory of the Climate Action 100+ initiative that engages with 167 companies representing 80% of corporate greenhouse gas emissions globally, as well ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... UN Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for their investment process, and have selected gender equality, climate action and reduced inequality as the three key goals. "We see corporate Australia as having a critical role to play in this," Bailey ...

QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... partner publication Financial Standard. has conducted climate scenario analysis since 2015, and last year approved a Climate Action Plan for its investment portfolio. The Australian Conservation Foundation has spearheaded a campaign to get QSuper members ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... engagement with our regional neighbours," said CMI CEO John Connor. "Climate change is a threat multiplier, but climate action and carbon markets can be a solutions multiplier." Interest in carbon credits derived from nature based solutions is growing ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... have additional co-benefits align to companies and investors impact work as well. "We're focused not only on climate action,but the co-benefits that come from that - improved biodiversity, improved water quality, and supporting local communities," ...

Role of oil and gas in net zero emission future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia's leading oil and gas industry group in Perth. Representatives from the Investor Group on Climate Change/Climate Action 100+ and the Australian Conservation Panel debated the role of gas as a transition fuel with an executive vice president ...

APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Responsibility (ACCR). ACCR released a report titled Gaslighting: How APPEA and its members continue to oppose genuine climate action which argued that the group's lobbying is inconsistent with limited global warming to two degrees. The report claims ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Australia could lose as much as 12.5% per year in GDP by 2050 unless there is more ambitious action on climate change, according to Oxfam Australia. Oxfam Australia is calling upon G7 leaders and invited guest countries including Australia to cut carbon ...

Singapore Stock Exchange to launch carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... leading sustainable and transition financing and trading hub," said, SGX chief executive officer Loh Boon Chye. "Climate action is a key priority for us and we support internationally accepted carbon mitigation hierarchies. From avoiding and reducing ...