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Climate engagement escalation vital to responsible investing: Aviva Investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... directly in and financed £1.4 billion of low-carbon and renewable energy infrastructure and buildings, and reduced carbon intensity of direct investments by 25%. The company invested £360 million in social housing providers in 2022 and £110 million ...

Amundi launches suite of Net Zero funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) to include the costs and capex the company will need to spend to reduce its carbon intensity. The equity portfolios will invest in large cap companies in three categories - "Climate Champions", which are the companies ...

Reducing carbon emissions without affecting tracking error: Realindex

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions within sectors, rather than taking on a sector or style tilt. "The most efficient way to reduce the carbon intensity and achieve reductions of up to 30, 40% in broad-based global indices is to rotate within sectors rather than between sectors ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... are dislocations in markets, energy prices are soaring, and there is the need to source energy with whatever carbon intensity to meet your energy needs - there are going to be tradeoffs and near-term pullbacks." Those tradeoffs and return considerations ...

Podcast: What's next for green bonds?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Insight says it can identify opportunities to invest in issuance from companies that are moving to reduce their carbon intensity while developing a portfolio of investments that will achieve investment returns that are aligned with decarbonisation.

Stafford Capital Partners launches sustainable timber impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... source of sustainable, low-carbon wood raw materials and offer investors a fund with a "substantially negative carbon intensity profile and reporting framework that can support the broader decarbonisation of institutional investment portfolios." "If ...

AXA IM sets ESG targets for executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... following ESG metrics that will apply according to the employee's business area and remit - the weighted average carbon intensity (WACI) to reach the target of 25% reduction in carbon intensity for corporate portfolio by 2025. For the ESG part of the ...

NGS Super taps Robeco for global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... equities, fixed income and alternatives Lucas Hartmann. "This is where the tricky bit is - to minimize Scope 1 and 2 carbon intensity while still maintaining returns and meeting tracking error objectives," Hartmann said. "The aim is to meet the dual ...

Experts weigh net zero risks, opportunities of Origin Energy bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... emissions," Kater said. "Do we think that the Brookfield bid is going to undermine Origin's transition or increase the carbon intensity of the business? No that doesn't appear to be the more relevant risk, so the loss of shareholder voice to influence ...

Cbus adopts EU climate reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... to hit its target and has changed its reporting to reflect changes in asset enterprise values to ensure that carbon intensity reductions are not overstated. Cbus said the fund has adopted the methodology proposed by the European Union (EU) in their minimum ...