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Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... are optimistic - an increase from 56% in 2024. This optimism is driving increased investment in supply chains and sustainability. In fact, 62% of executives plan to fatten their sustainability budgets by 10.5% on average. This represents an increase ...

Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... offering for UK pension savers. "For Australian institutional investors, this collaboration showcases how climate, sustainability and financial objectives can be combined in a custom index with low tracking error, low turnover and low cost," Robeco head ...

Green moves: Amundi, PRI, U Ethical, Barclays, HSBC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Australian Equities Trust to financial advisers. At Barclays, Laura Barlow is moving out of her role as group head of sustainability - and stepping into an advisory position for the financier. She will be replaced by Daniel Hanna, former global head ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... tobacco, and live animal exports. Owned by ISS STOXX, Rainmaker Group is publisher of Financial Standard and FS Sustainability.

Meta fact-checking move unsettles ethical investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... ETF, and Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index have holdings in Meta. The Dimensional Global Sustainability Trust and Australian Ethical's International Shares option also have holdings in Meta. They declined to comment. Responsible ...

CEFC invests $100m into affordable housing strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... investment brings the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) total commitment to residential energy efficiency and sustainability to more than $1.2 billion of its total $30 billion cash pool. The strategy targets 3000 units across major metropolitan ...

High ESG score? More likely to greenwash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... "As ESG investing continues to grow, it's crucial to rethink how we use ESG scores and dig deeper into real sustainability impacts." Meanwhile, companies with more analysts align their claims and real performance more closely. "The more scrutiny ...

Apollo scoops up Argo Infrastructure Partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Under the deal, Argo - which integrates ESG best practice into its investment decisions - will join Apollo's Sustainability and Infrastructure group. Upon closing, about $9.7 billion (US$6bn) in assets will be added to Apollo's platform, while ...

Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... alongside State Street and Vanguard, claiming their climate activism was a breach of antitrust laws. BlackRock told FS Sustainability the case was "baseless". In its letter to clients, the asset manager said its participation in NZAM didn't impact ...

New tool tackles climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... range of new methods that have been developed in response to this issue. Maple-Brown Abbott, for example, told FS Sustainability that while Sustainable Platform's new risk calculator is not directly applicable to its portfolio risk assessments, it ...