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Social-washing hides lapse in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... to be done to address global inequality and climate-related issues." A concerning rise in unsubstantiated marketing materials that err on the side of 'social-washing' will lead the general public to lose faith in investment managers, he said. ...

BNP Paribas shutters EARTH Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... The trust ran a global equity long/short strategy that held long positions in innovative companies within the energy, materials, agriculture, and industrials sectors that provide solutions to environmental challenges. It then also took short positions ...

Podcast: Investing in low-carbon, energy-efficient green buildings with Davina Rooney

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
This episode outlines the climate and commercial case for sustainable buildings. With buildings and building materials in hot demand, especially as the nation grapples with meeting its housing targets, momentum is growing on the sustainability side. ...

Australian Ethical scores gold, others fall off charts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... UniSuper is a clear example of this. Its Sustainable High Growth thrived on sizable tech holdings bare on energy and materials. Meanwhile, underperformance of its GEO option can be explained by a tilt to alternative energy, energy efficiency, sustainable ...

UniSuper sustainable option returns 15.2%

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Capparelli said outperformance can be attributed to substantial holdings in tech and minimal holdings in the energy and materials sectors. "By the nature of the options' investment universe we have been overweight in the 'magnificent seven' ...

Prime role for AI in impact decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... and alternative fuels, energy storage and infrastructure, energy efficiency, green mobility, low-carbon and critical materials, and carbon capture and storage. "Impact investing is the next evolution of investment practice," founder Andrew Huang told ...

Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... below 1.5 degrees Celsius. PUMA has focused on introducing renewable electricity at its core suppliers, using product-materials that are less carbon intensive, opting for low-carbon shipping tariffs and investing in electric vehicles in its car fleet. ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Mark Irwin also joins as a senior adviser. He currently runs ADBRI - one of Australia's pioneering construction materials and industrial mineral manufacturing companies. Irwin has earlier held senior roles at Oz Minerals including chief commercial ...

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... its benchmark's 5.4%. "The fund benefited during the quarter from its underweight position in the carbon intensive materials sector," it said in an investor update. "Concerns around the outlook for the Chinese economy weighed on commodity prices ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... investment in these new technologies and to further restrict our investment in traditional higher footprint building materials," it said. "Faster take up of biofuels may result in new Ethical Criteria to deal with investment in airlines, which is currently ...