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Help on nature, climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... improves interoperability; accounting body placates concerned investors. Nature-related disclosures Top standards-setter the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) wants to help its 14,000 signatories align with the G20-supported Taskforce on Nature-related ...

Podcast: Can the market solve climate change? Climate finance with Blair Palese

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... philanthropy at Ethinvest, Australia's oldest ethical investment firm. Blair is also the founder of Climate Capital Forum, the global climate editor and managing director at Climate & Capital Media, and co-founded 350.org Australia. She joins host ...

Systems thinking to drive alpha, tackle systemic threats

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... teams, according to the Future Fund and major think tank the Thinking Ahead Institute. Analysing 26 "extremely influential" global investment teams representing $6 trillion AUM, 88% expect systemic risks to escalate. Key concerns include geopolitical ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Liberatore, head of public markets ESG/Impact fixed income investment team at Nuveen, when it signed on as part of the global steering committee. Gender lens investments, particularly gender bonds, have become more prominent in recent years at country-level ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Quinbrook, the specialist global infrastructure investment manager, has closed its largest-ever capital raise at $3 billion for the Net Zero Power Fund. The strategy focuses on large-scale solar, renewable fuels, power generators, and battery storage. ...

Asset managers fast track portfolio targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... disclosed their targets are at a competitive advantage, showing their ability to manage the risks and opportunities in the global transition to a net zero economy." Most targets focus on real economy decarbonisation. 62.5% have now set the predominant ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... if a company is undertaking greenwash. "ACCR is a globally credible climate engagement public interest lobbyist and many global investors will reevaluate their assumptions that rely on the board and CEO of Rio Tinto claims to be moving to align with ...

IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... hard-to-abate parts of the transport sector, including aviation as well as heavy and long-haul transport," they said. IFM Investors global head of asset management Danny Elia: "As a major investor in airports, we have a significant interest in facilitating ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The fund's Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option returned a dismal -15.96% in FY24, but chief investment officer John Pearce says the growth themes remain intact, adding it's on a more solid footing than in FY21 when returns soared ...

Aus funds hit by outflows, global gains for passive ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Diving deeper into the products, Australian equities funds with holdings in the nuclear and uranium value chain were top global resources performers in the past year, while other renewables underperformed. Shorter-duration Australian-domiciled global ...