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First State Super joins global call for SDG focus to post-COVID recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... externalities to "accelerate private and public sector collaboration to develop and approve models that price-in carbon emissions and other ways to incentivise sustainable business practices."

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... those actively adapting to global warming and other environmental changes." The fund will target a reduction in carbon emissions and brown revenues while increasing exposure to more sustainable companies generating green revenues from low-carbon technology ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Woodland, head of sustainable investment, AMP Capital AMP Capital noted that there has been a short-term drop in carbon emissions during the pandemic, but the shutdown of economic activity that caused that drop is not a sustainable solution. "There are ...

IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
IFM investors is reporting a nearly 8% reduction in carbon emissions across its Australian infrastructure portfolio in the 2018/2018 financial year. Chris Newton, head of responsible investing at IFM Investors. The IFM Investors' FY 2019 Australian ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... digitisation of the global economy and electronic payments." The fund focuses on long-term megatrends such as reducing carbon emissions and improving sustainability and is benchmarked to deliver returns over the the MSCI World Index over three months ...

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... funding goes with the condition that they utilise the financial support to purchase their equipment with zero carbon emissions." The challenges entail shifting beyond historical sectors and ensuring a just transition for industries that will be negatively ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... underwriting insurance, equity investors increasingly need to consider the regulatory and reputational risk of corporate carbon emissions when allocating capital. This is no longer just a focus for large-cap asset managers, with a greater number of small ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Brynn O'Brien, ACCR executive director. "I imagine that there will be a push for AGMs to become virtual. From a carbon emissions and cost perspective, those things are good, but it needs to be counterbalanced by a greater formalisation of shareholder ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... social and governance (ESG) performance, CBA said. By meeting targets linked to Indigenous employment and reduced carbon emissions intensity, Wesfarmers will receive a margin discount on their loan. Conversely, material underperformance would trigger ...

Calix outlines case for carbon capture and storage in cement and lime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... EUR60-80/tonne, while a tonne of cement clinker costs EUR60-80, effectively doubling the price to capture and sequester the carbon emissions. "What emerged was that technically, people felt reasonably comfortable that a lot was being done," Hodgson said ...