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'No' to nuclear energy, 'yes' to biodiversity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Nuclear energy is a non-starter and Canberra needs to lift its game on environmental policies, leading 'Teal' independents told a climate summit. Speaking at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) summit last Friday, independent MPs Zoe ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey has said the super fund has been engaging directly with MinRes regarding its recent governance failures and "remains disappointed" with the company's responses. "Our concerns include that the managing director's ...

Invesco Advisers pays $26m over false ESG claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Invesco Advisers was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after it was found to have misled investors as to what proportion of its total assets were invested according to ESG principles. Invesco Advisers was charged with willfully ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Physical climate risks could wipe out the lion's share of investor money into infrastructure assets by 2050, research shows, but there is a way to dodge a crisis, delegates heard. Day two of the IGCC summit kicked off with a brighter mood than the ...

IGCC names climate champions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Alongside Matt Kean, experts from First Sentier, Australian Ethical, and QIC were named as leaders in climate investment, corporate engagement and policy. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) announced the winners of the Climate Leaders' ...

Climate debate shifts gears after Trump win: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The US election loomed large over the first day of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) summit 2024. Trump's vows to repeal the IRA and environmental protection laws, exit the Paris Agreement, and increase spending on oil. This signifies ...

Boards vulnerable to next wave of climate litigation: IGCC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Climate litigation is on the rise, with incoming legislation and a Trump-led US government amping up the risks in the next four years - and new types of lawsuits are emerging. Speaking at the IGCC summit this week in Melbourne, academic expert Jaqueline ...

Australia's chance to step up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Clean energy investors are confident that Trump's threat to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and "Drill, baby, drill!" puts Australia in pole position to become a regional green superpower. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) kicked ...

Podcast: Carbon misconceptions in active investing portfolios with Guido Baltussen

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Many in the investment community believe that implementing net zero policies comes with high risk and is incompatible with active investing, but is this really true? To discuss this, Guido Baltussen joins us on the podcast today. Guido is Northern Trust ...

Quinbrook sells off clean energy assets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, the specialist investment manager, has settled on a buyer for its portfolio company, Energy Locals. Palisade Impact will purchase the energy retailer, expected to reach financial close by the end of 2024. Now with ...