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Teachers Mutual Bank cash product certified ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... prohibit using funds raised from lending to, or investing in, "large scale greenhouse gas polluting activities (from fossil fuel exploration, extraction, production and use)," according to Teachers Mutual Bank. The Debt Issuance Program is the first ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... the report said. Responsible investment is also a more mainstream discussion point, led by debates over the role of fossil fuel assets in investment portfolios and the decision by fund managers and superannuation funds to divest from tobacco assets. ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The risk of stranded fossil fuel assets, increased environmental regulations and community group and environmental movement opposition are raising questions over the long term prospects and investment value of mining projects in Queensland, according ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... this debate, and has been at the forefront of developing benchmarks to assist market participants to manage their fossil fuel exposure. We will continue to innovate across the sector and support our customers' requirements as they increasingly seek to ...

Investors consider corporate pay links to climate change goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... scenario?" "There are a range of things around the decarbonisation question - we will be doing more and more on the fossil fuel question and incentives will be one way we address that," George said. "We position ourselves on the environmental and social ...

Inflection Point Capital Management launches Zero Carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... on the basis of Inflection Point Capital Management's research and investment process, with a mix of best-in-class fossil fuel-based companies, low carbon solution providers, innovative carbon reduction technologies and solutions and so-called "transitioning ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... with legal duties to address climate risk in their reporting. The letter to the FRC emphasises that companies in the fossil fuel sector are facing considerable and material climate risks, and that factors including legislative and policy changes, and ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... upper quintile of the NTQS and reduces carbon exposures from carbon emissions and potential carbon emissions from fossil fuel reserves. "This solution combines the virtues of factor-based investing within a low-carbon framework while controlling for ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... where we need to be focusing on the other parts of the investment portfolio." Divesting from high carbon emitting fossil fuel companies just one facet of the larger challenge of decarbonising the global economy. Australian Ethical highlighted two recent ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... sector, and as a result of that, there is a material downgrade in the value of companies that appear to have significant fossil fuel assets,... there are two consequences," Slade said. "First, when the share price in these companies goes south on the ...