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IGCC names climate champions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... on the board of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and the advisory group to the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative. Meanwhile for best in corporate engagement, Australian Ethical Investment's acting ethical stewardship ...

Asset manager defends climate group exit

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... and has participated in collaborative engagements through CA100+, the Ceres Investor Network, and the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. "Breckinridge has withdrawn as a signatory to CA 100+ this month," a spokesperson told FS Sustainability. "We believe ...

Asset managers fast track portfolio targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... risks of climate change, according to a group of 325 investors with over US$57.5 trillion AUM. The group - Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) - aims to decarbonise portfolios by 2050 or sooner, to curb warming to 1.5°C in line with the Paris Agreement ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... already baked in." A vital first step is to set and work towards net zero by 2050, with initiatives like the Net Zero Asset Managers Commitment and the Paris Aligned Asset Owners Initiative and Climate Action 100+ initiative. Paterson calls on policymakers ...

ESG factors increasingly drive financial decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... which rose from 19% in 2022 to 24%. More than a quarter (27%) of asset managers are signatories to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAMi), with 6% stating their intention to join within the next year. In Europe, 80% are signatories, in the UK ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... and environmental stewardship efforts have stagnated - despite an increase in climate targets through Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) and similar initiatives. This correlates with data from ShareAction in June finding the world's largest 77 asset managers ...

Stewardship part of fiduciary role and investment opportunity: BNP Paribas AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... practice at the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and work on global initiatives including the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, the Paris-Aligned Investment Initiative, and the Investor Agenda. She also launched and led AIGCC's Asia ...

How smart approaches to decarbonisation can generate alpha

TRAVIS WHITMORE  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... making commitments to decarbonize their portfolios. In 18 months since its launch, 83 fund managers in the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative have set decarbonization targets, with 39 percent of their assets (US$16 trillion) now committed to be managed ...

Vanguard quits net zero investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
Vanguard has quit the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM), saying they wished to provide clarity to investors regarding the role of index funds and how they think about material risks like climate change. Vanguard - which has more than $11 trillion ...

Strengthen governance to avoid investment greenwashing: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... of any commitments we make," she explained. Wong cited the example of SSGA becoming a signatory of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. "We need to understand what it means to be a signatory to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative and how would ...