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The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... as well... is that in the last 10 years, we've seen vast advances in the competitiveness of renewable energy versus fossil fuel, there's no going back this time." The decision to defer COP-26 from 2020 to 2021 offers an opportunity for stakeholders like ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
In the immediate financial markets response to the coronavirus pandemic and the associated implosion to the global economy, indices and products that integrate ESG ratings have performed relatively better than mainstream benchmarks. (data courtesy BetaShares) ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... had set a three year target on visitation rates and we hit it in January, with searches particularly driven by the fossil fuel discussion," O'Connor said. The study shows three in five Australians who are not currently investing their money in ethical ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
As governments around the world enact massive stimulus bills to ensure that economies do not implode during the coronavirus pandemic, funds should be allocated towards projects that build sustainable economic growth, according to the World Resources ...

Teachers Mutual Bank's certified responsible products hit $1.17 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank's certified responsible products have increased their assets under management by 53% from $764 million to $1.17 billion between 1 July and 31 December 2019. Teachers Mutual Bank has five products certified as responsible products ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Platform provider Praemium has "significantly enhanced" its approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) by adding the Australian Ethical Australian Shares Portfolio to the Praemium SMA and providing ESG research from Sustainalytics. Damian ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Countries such as Australia that heavily depend on fossil fuels are likely to be more impacted when reaching targets for a zero-carbon global economy, given expected structural changes in the economy, according to Beyond Ratings, a division of London ...

Australian mutual fund assets rise to $66.8bn in 2019: Cerulli Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... exclusions for both Australia-domiciled mutual funds and Australian asset owners. Currently, 42.9% of the latter exclude fossil fuel companies, Cerulli said. ESG-orientated exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also showed strong inflows in 2019, according to ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... cause a flow on effects, ie, these assets were subject to huge regulatory risks. BlackRock's recent decision to remove fossil fuel exposures from some of its active investment holdings and to restrict investments to companies that draw less than 25% ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... performance in their industries from a carbon emission perspective. Both ETFs screen out companies with material exposure to fossil fuel, gambling, tobacco, armaments, uranium/nuclear energy, destruction of valuable environments, animal cruelty, chemicals ...