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What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... gas emissions from their portfolios. These announcements have a shorthand - "net zero" or "carbon neutral" or "decarbonisation" - and have varying timelines to reach an absolute target of no carbon emissions. However, there is no legal or regulated definition ...

Industry fund sets bar higher with Net Zero timing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... 2030 carbon neutral target. That will include asking managers to provide evidence of their fund managers' decarbonisation plans, and demonstration of "motivation and interest in taking this issue seriously and incorporating it into their assessment ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Modern slavery, climate change and decarbonisation, engagement with indigenous people, waste and good corporate culture were key topics of engagement for Ausbil Investment Management. Ausbil recently released its engagement report covering its activities ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Real estate managers are continuing the trend of decarbonising their portfolios, with one manager announcing that a portfolio of real estate projects in the US has been certified net carbon zero, while another has set a net zero target. Lendlease in ...

C-suite executives cite climate as top risk to growth: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... existing capability to enhance it." Investors and businesses are increasingly alert to the economic upsides of decarbonisation, but in the near term Australian businesses are acknowledging that the economic reorganisation. "I'd identify two areas ...

Super, fund manager lends muscle to net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the risk of climate change and building to the ACT suite of tools took time, Willment noted. "ACT is working how decarbonisation is possible," said ‎Jillian Reid, senior responsible investment specialist at Mercer. "We have long recognised that we ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia." Petersen reinforced Collins view that the Commonwealth government needs to set a clear pathway for decarbonisation of the Australian economy. "There's so much more momentum in financial and trade and markets that it's very difficult ...

BetaShares to launch climate change innovation ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... that ERTH will aim to track include clean/renewable energy, green transportation, water and waste improvements, decarbonisation-enabling solutions, and sustainable products. "The potential catastrophic impact of climate change and other environmental ...

ESG part of financial sustainability of infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... of the names that we invest in, particularly those in the renewable area or those that are moving forward with decarbonisation over the next 20-30 years." As part of this analysis, ClearBridge has constructed a scorecard approach to integrate with its ...

Ausbil drops fossil fuel companies from sustainable fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... the universe of investable companies on the ASX. As part of this investment backdrop, Ausbil sees themes like decarbonisation and global warming are driving a growing energy thematic that will eventually tip the scales toward alternative energy, most ...