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Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
With Joseph R. Biden Jr officially becoming the 46 th president of the United States, a series of executive actions have brought the US back to the international table on a number of ESG grounds, with meaningful implications for Australia's economy ...

Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
The transition towards a global circular economy will be a key ESG issue in 2021, according to American Century Investments. Companies must rethink resource consumption, energy usage and manufacturing processes with an aim toward eliminating waste and ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... sectors such as steel, oil and gas, and the automotive industry decarbonise in terms of carbon intensity of products, per unit of cement or steel. What kind of technologies are part of that, what kind of demand creation and demand destruction will take ...

Thai regulator becomes TCFD suppporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has become a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). By becoming an official supporter of the voluntary climate risk disclosure framework, the SEC will aim to "raise ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management and two international fund managers have founded an initiative to accelerate investment in natural capital. The Natural Capital Investment Alliance has been established by the Prince of Wales as part of his ...

Australia's Paris Agreement carbon commitments criticised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
The Australian government's updated Nationally Determined Contribution to cutting carbon emissions under the Paris Agreement has drawn criticism for remaining substantially unchanged from its earlier commitments. Australia submitted its updated commitments ...

T. Rowe Price joins Responsible Investment Association Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... a global range of investment strategies to institutional clients in Australia and New Zealand as well as five Australian Unit Trusts and a Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) to retail and advisor-directed investors in Australia. ESG considerations are ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
In the wake of a damning report into Rio Tinto's destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in Western Australia, stakeholders including traditional owners, investors and civil society are looking to how the recommendations in a governmental ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Robeco has said that future product launches in Australia will all be linked to sustainability themes. Robeco has launched a new credit fund linked for the Australian market, designed to contribute positively to the United Nations' ...

Super fund shuffles team, investment chief steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
There has been a slew of moves at a retail super fund, including the resignation of its chief investment officer and the appointment of a chief risk officer. Future Super, the super fund focused on climate change action with almost $1 billion in funds ...