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AXA IM looks to launch forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... term, Kalyanakumar noted. Forestry investments form part of AXA IM Alts' natural capital strategy, which also includes nature-based impact investments. The attraction of nature capital is carbon sequestration and biodiversity. "With our Australian forestry ...

Climate transition a business opportunity: Geoff Summerhayes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... APRA role, he made a landmark speech in which he emphasised "[s]ome climate risks are distinctly 'financial' in nature. Many of these risks are foreseeable, material and actionable now."

HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... to livelihoods, coastal protection and we'd be looking at biodiversity value." A 2020 study published in the journal Nature calculated that mangroves also provide flood protection benefits of US$65 billion per year. The project will develop a blueprint ...

Advisers integrating positive impact into investment choices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... easier to find portfolios based on international equities that fit ethical/sustainable profiles, while the concentrated nature of the ASX made it more challenging, but Zbik said that there are now more options in Australian equities as well - he cited ...

UniSuper updates progress on net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Project (CDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is aimed at enabling companies to set greenhouse gas emissions targets to 2050 in line with containing climate change ...

Companies have duty to act on climate conclusions of IPCC report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... climate risk governance Sarah Barker noted that company directors and executives need to understand the forward-facing nature of all climate change risks and understand that the future will not look like historical experience. "The very first thing is ...

Mitsubishi buys stake in Australian carbon credit developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Mitsubishi Corporation has bought a 40% stake in an Australian nature-based developer of carbon credit projects. Mitsubishi Corporation said their investment in Australian Integrated Carbon (AIC) "falls in step with our sustainability objectives, which ...

Opinion: The housing burden is large enough to be shared by many parties

SCOTT LANGFORD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... horizon. And with the Australian banking industry typically unable to offer senior debt beyond seven year tenor, given the nature of local funding markets, the only viable pathway to secure tenor of 10 years plus with pricing that is sustainable is with ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... incomplete market data across companies, sectors and countries, in turn limiting the ability of banks to fully assess the nature of climate risks on the physical assets they lend against or invest in."

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... helping people get out of poverty, or to access renewable energy. Where we think that debt is predatory or a predatory nature to it, when we feel it seeks to exploit people who are poor, young and find it difficult to repay loans, that's where we screen ...