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Investing in the low-carbon transition: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... going forward," she said. Ninety One is engaging with companies about their climate change targets and goals, not only their scope one and scope two emissions, but also the scope 3 emissions as well. Engaging with publicly listed companies is an important ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... the moderate Senators of the majority party with significant influence over the trajectory of legislation and limit the scope for the most ambitious policy initiatives," meaning that "ambitious tax hikes" are probably off the agenda. Rick Lacaille, global ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... SRI options had three specific screens: climate change, ethical and convention and controversy-based screens, and provided scope to remove companies on discretionary grounds, for factors outside of these criteria. The updated SRI options provided members ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Woolworths Group has committed to reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 63% by 2030 in targets endorsed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In addition, Woolworths has committed to reduce absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas ...

Positive ESG impact linked to financial performance: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... companies are serious about this or not, based on the way they plan to implement these going forward." Melior estimates that the Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions of the ASX300 are equivalent to approximately one third of Australia's national emissions ...

Cbus Super announces net zero portfolio emissions target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... company and external property fund managers have set targets to achieve those aims. "We have mechanism to target around scope 1 and scope 2 in particular by 2030, and we have a clear pathway that we have in place," Fok said. "That's a combination ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... benefits to Australia's emissions profile," Learmonth said. The CPIF will consider several initiatives that go beyond the scope of the emissions target by looking to influence tenant and supply-chain emissions including: looking at optimised solutions ...

IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Station in Melbourne and Northern Territory Airports (Darwin Airport and other NT airports). IFM Investors reported total scope 1 emissions of 59,254 tonnes of CO2 and 948,672 tonnes of scope 2 emissions, and a total of 273,514 tonnes CO2 of portfolio ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... investors voted for the resolution prepared by Market Forces, which called on Rio Tinto to set clear emissions targets including Scope 3 emissions, which are those generated by the use of products. That 37% vote is more than six times the size of the ...

Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... April in Perth. Resolution 4(b) asked the company to "to set and disclose emissions reduction targets across its operations (scope 1 and 2) and the use of its products (scope 3), disclose how its exploration and capital expenditure is aligned with those ...