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ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... The Investor Group on Climate Change also endorses the view that companies' political advocacy align with their net zero targets. "Investors and many heavy emitting companies have long realised that accelerated widespread decarbonisation has the highest ...

Aware Super plugs in to renewable energy platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... system, it does require investment at scale in order to achieve capital and operating efficiencies and hit our net zero targets - with distributed energy we are able to fulfil about 60% of Australia's future energy requirement. "With Aware Super's capital ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... suggests that super funds need to reduce the carbon intensity of their portfolios at a rate of 7% a year to meet net zero targets, in line with the EU Carbon Transition Benchmark regulatory framework Q&A with Stephen Catchpole, Finance Sector Lead, Energetics ...

Grim stats for company, investor net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... suggests that super funds need to reduce the carbon intensity of their portfolios at a rate of 7% a year to meet net zero targets, in line with the EU Carbon Transition Benchmark regulatory framework. Scientific Beta notes that this goal "presently appears ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... explicitly target a portfolio temperature outside of dedicated climate or environmental impact strategies, because net zero targets are still a developing subject. S&P TruCost has found that every sector in the S&P 500 aside from financials is not 1.5°C ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Businesses and investors are balancing how to set and communicate ambitious net zero targets decarbonisation without greenwashing or greenhushing, and getting that correct is a challenge. Regulators around the world have been cracking down on greenhushing ...

ASX200 skirts Scope 3 disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... disclosed using a carbon price in investment and capital decision-making - an increase of 41% from last year. "Net zero targets don't mean much without the detail of how companies plan to transition their operations, so we're pleased to see more companies ...

Finding opportunities in the energy transition: IML

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... fossil fuel-based generation." Another example Wood cited is investing in real estate trusts that are setting net zero targets, noting that Charter Hall Retail Trust has set a 2025 net zero target and are planning on installing solar on the roofs of ...

Using ChatGPT to assess climate targets: Acadian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... portfolio analytics or climate analytics, we think it's important that investors see that those companies setting net zero targets and making pledges, this is useful to show whether or not if they're on track, or what's the probability of making it." ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... their action on climate. "Since our last study in 2021, asset managers' portfolios are still misaligned with net zero targets, environmental stewardship efforts have stagnated, and asset managers are not supporting effective sustainable finance policy," ...