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Super funds set renewables targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed the decision at a recent Treasury investor roundtable to progress work towards encouraging greater investment in Australia's renewables transition. The roundtable was for the ...

New tool sniffs out greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Future Group's new and much-needed green lie detector has been made open source, available for free for all. The tool developed in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney's Institute for Sustainable Futures promises to help investors ...

ETFs recover and dominate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Sustainable ETFs are thriving after having a rough year prior, according to Rainmaker's latest Wholesale Managed Funds Net Flow Report. The data covers net flows of 1100 products across 170 different asset managers in all asset classes. Over the ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... priority areas are supporting the energy transition towards net zero, increasing the supply of residential housing in Australia, and improving infrastructure including economic resilience ad security infrastructure. While priorities now, they are not ...

COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Australia's climate finance commitment is A$4.6 billion to 30 June 2030. Australia will also direct $50 million from the Indo Pacific Carbon Offsetting Scheme towards Pacific renewable energy and policy ...

World Bank exit policy gets thumbs up from local experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The world's largest development financier has released its long-awaited policy on responsibly divesting, a historic first in its 80-year history. The new policy builds on the Sustainability Policy of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - the ...

Why climate-linked exec pay fails

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Investors increasingly look to companies that tie pay to climate goals but despite its popularity, it largely fails to achieve results, a new study reveals. In the past four years, the practice rose from 10% to 54% in ASX200 companies. Research released ...

Global corporate emissions fall for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... for Scope 1, 17% for Scope 2, and 19% for Scope 3 emissions across the major indices in the US, UK, Europe, Canada or Australia. The results show global listed companies accounted for 11.4 billion tonnes of emissions in 2023 - around one-third of global ...

Responsible funds thrive despite greenwash fears: RIAA

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Despite greenwashing being a major deterrent to responsible investment in 2024, the sector still saw $1.6 trillion inflows and returns outperformed the traditional Australian shares market. Responsible Investment Association Australasia's (RIAA) annual ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... And in 2023, the sustainable infrastructure offering was made available across EMEA and APAC; DWS chief executive of Australia and head of client coverage, Australia and New Zealand Lidia Tomova said the unveiling of Wholesale Australian Unit Trust "unlocks ...