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Real estate investment group issues $300 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... green bond issue follows Lendlease's announcement of two new sustainability targets - committing to net zero carbon for scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2025, and absolute zero carbon across all operations, including the supply chain, by 2040, and committing ...

Green bond boom, but investors look to value proposition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... manager noted. "Generally speaking, we see green bonds and non-green tracking fairly closely," Moore said. "There is not much scope for a massive widening over the longer term or a time where you'd have a different credit rating for a green bond ...

Companies making net zero commitments they need to keep: investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... an ambition to achieve net-zero by 2050 or sooner. However, roughly half of these commitments (44) do not cover the full scope of the companies' most material emissions. No focus company assessed performed at a high-level across all of the nine key ...

Global fund manager launches local climate transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... "On the energy transition risk side, we are also using an MSCI score which looks at a whole raft of different measures of scope 1 and scope 2 emissions and reporting around things like TCFD results as well." Homing in on green revenue also allows Northern ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... responsible investment group at Frontier Advisors. "For example, there's the basic idea of the different types of emissions - Scope 1, 2, 3. I think the ability to accurately attribute and measure scope 3 is something we are still quite some time ...

Industry fund sets bar higher with Net Zero timing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... both debt and equity as possible asset allocations towards achieving the carbon neutrality target. NGS Super will include Scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 carbon emissions in their calculations. Scope 1 emissions are greenhouse gas emissions that come from ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... covers scopes 1, 2 and 3, including historic and current emissions of construction (Scopes 1 and 2). Resident emissions (Scope 3) are offset, including electricity, space heating, air conditioning and ventilation, water heating, cooking, water use and ...

Super, fund manager lends muscle to net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... portfolio carbon emissions by 45% from 2020 baseline levels by 2030, Defined as absolute carbon emissions, per $M of FUM and Scope 1 and 2 emissions for the Mercer Funds in aggregate and for each diversified fund. The commitment aligns with targeting ...

Investment consultant creates head of sustainability role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... decision to augment the firm's sustainability capabilities was driven by a strategic decision to broaden JANA's scope and resources to the ESG and sustainability sector. "The issue that we face is that we wanted to do a lot more in the area ...

Guide to assist financial sector in Modern Slavery risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... target the highest places of risk." At first pass, companies should be conducting activities that give them clarity on the scope of their challenges. "The first thing to do is a mapping exercise," Brodie said. "You want to begin by understanding the ...