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Broader job pain finally hits ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... feeling the pinch. The wave of corporate restructuring, which has already hit giants like HSBC, Meta, PwC, Tesla, Google, Microsoft, and Nike - it has now reached ESG, flabbergasting those in sector. With the ramping up of climate ambition and legislation ...

Titans promise 24/7 clean energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Google, Microsoft, and AstraZeneca are among a list of major multinationals that have promised they will use carbon-free power every hour of every day and feed that power back to the grid. The Climate Group 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact was launched ...

Nanuk fund lists as currency hedged ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... benefited from the performance of Medtronic Plc, Shimadzu Corporation, and Tandem Diabetes Care. Its top holdings include Microsoft, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Zebra Technologies, and NVIDIA.

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group are found in virtually every American 401(k) plan, including from employers like Microsoft, Disney, and Target. They're found in the pensions and retirement plans of colleges and universities and health care ...

RIAA warns against carbon capture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... a process for trapping carbon dioxide and sequestering it in deep underground reservoirs. Most recently, tech giant Microsoft told FS Sustainability that CCS is key to meeting its carbon reduction goal despite the proviso that the technology may not ...

Microsoft makes largest ever offset purchase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Microsoft is only the latest tech giant to invest in a controversial technology aiming to capture CO2 and store it underground through "subsurface saline sequestration". The world's leading tech company with US$3.15 trillion market cap says the tech ...

Brookfield bids for majority stake in Neoen

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... computing continues to drive higher demand for renewable sources of power, as exemplified by its recent agreement to supply Microsoft with over 10,000 megawatts of renewable power, the largest deal of its kind globally. Brookfield Asset Management renewable ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... bias, Nomura's analysis finds. Outperformance of global stocks in 2023 can largely be attributed to growth at Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Tesla. Some of these stocks should not be considered suitable ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Generative AI, a rapidly advancing form of deep learning that mimics human output, also raises concerns about the verifiability of its results, UTS industry professor - emerging technology Nicholas Davis says. Appearing at the Stockbroker and Investment ...

ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... healthcare, consumer discretionary, industrials, consumer staples, and materials sectors. It currently has large holdings in Microsoft Corp, Amazon, Eli Lilly and Company, Apple, and Nvidia. The fund first launched in the US and has been in operation ...