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Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Treasury has acknowledged that climate is a systemic risk for the Australian economy and creates uncertainty about the fiscal impacts of climate change on government bonds. The federal court has approved a settlement between the Commonwealth and Kathleen ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Growing awareness in finance regarding nature conservation and the opportunities related to natural capital is increasingly top of mind for investors. FS Sustainability recently hosted its inaugural event in Sydney supported by ISS ESG, where experts ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... members set intermediate targets on engagement. In 2023, 100% of members sat engagement targets. More members set sub-portfolio targets in corporate debt, listed equity, and directly held real estate, growing from 41 members in 2022 to 67 in 2023. Members ...

GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... transparency, disclosures and improved performance in its decision-making and operations. Frasers Property Industrial's Oceania portfolio achieved a GRESB Regional Sector Leader status, while its European portfolio also saw a significant uplift in GRESB ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Critical minerals are a "once in a century opportunity" for Australian investors, and investors like super funds should be prepared to advocate for the policy settings to unlock greater investment in these commodities. Australia's critical minerals ...

New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Climate Bonds Initiative-certified Solar Finance programme, New Zealand's largest residential power purchase agreement portfolio. In August investment firm Blackrock announced a $2 billion fund to invest in New Zealand clean tech towards 100% renewable ...

Student accommodation provider inks billion-dollar SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... commitments, Scape is pledging to switch to renewable energy and pursue Green Star Performance ratings across their portfolio. The 27 assets account for more than 80% of Scape's operational portfolio, said Scape chief financial officer Tim Peel. "SLLs ...

Bowen paints mixed outlook for energy future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... climate discussions. The COP that's coming up in a couple weeks' time will be difficult." "Climate change and energy portfolio is frankly the most important job... I'll ever do," Bowen said. "It is biggest economic transformation our country's ...

Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... toolkit, designed to help investors identify "actual and potential adverse human rights and IHL impacts in their investment portfolio; avoid causing, contributing to or being directly linked to adverse human rights impacts or violations of IHL through ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This is the first in a six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics While setting a net zero target and implementing strategies to transition from current carbon emissions activities to that long term goal is not quite business ...