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Climate fund assets reach half a trillion dollars

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... exposure to climate solutions exhibit high carbon intensity due to their investment in high-emitting sectors such as utilities, energy, and industrials. None of the most common companies found in climate funds are aligned to 1.5° Celsius, and the most ...

US regulator adopts tighter rules for ESG fund names

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... acceptable. Today, we see funds with ESG in their names holding dozens of fossil fuel extraction companies and coal-fired utilities. The plain English meaning of 'fossil free' should rule out these holdings. We call on asset managers to embrace ...

Avani partners with EG towards "real zero"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... 1100 tonnes of CO2 per building per year. The software tracks building systems to gain real-time data by monitoring utilities and identifying the consumption behaviours of tenants. It then allows the user to utilises strategies like demand management ...

$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Prominent Asian utilities investors are actively engaging with companies to align executive remuneration with climate progress in their investment portfolios. Despite the welcome progress on climate, investors are calling for more accelerated climate ...

Brookfield signs MoU for renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... India, manufacturing solar panel technology and long duration battery storage technology. The equipment will supply utilities companies including Origin Energy, which Brookfield put in a $18.7 billion bid to acquire in March. As part of the acquisition ...

Voting on climate crucial during AGM season: Amundi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... has voted against executive remuneration-related proposals in 27% (89 out of 332) AGMs of companies in the energy and utilities sectors. It said this was due to the lack of climate-related performance criteria in their senior management variable compensation ...

Stewardship part of fiduciary role and investment opportunity: BNP Paribas AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Initiative, the Paris-Aligned Investment Initiative, and the Investor Agenda. She also launched and led AIGCC's Asia Utilities Engagement Program, a collaborative engagement program that runs in parallel to Climate Action 100+. "I think that engagement ...

A new "nuclear renaissance" for investors: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... term, according to Maple-Brown Abbott. "With the main focus being on energy security, a re-contracting cycle by western utilities companies, and a supply side not yet incentivised to significantly increase production [of uranium] at current prices," ...

Climate engagement escalation vital to responsible investing: Aviva Investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... across equity and credit portfolios and focused on 30 of the worst emitters from the oil and gas, mining, steel and utilities sectors making up approximately a third of all global emissions, considering their Scope 3 footprint. "We have expanded our ...

Weighing ESG risks of nickel as a critical mineral: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... been able to increase their mining production, but at what cost," said Nicolaj Sebrell, head of energy, materials, and utilities, ISS ESG. "Indonesia has seen problems that we have seen in other countries with mining, such as tailings release into rivers ...