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Cobalt essential to net zero goals but brings labour risks: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... problems we're facing is more than just investors and companies," said Nicolaj Sebrell, head of energy, materials, and utilities, ISS ESG. "You could argue that it's a problem at the level of society where we have to decide how to tackle this, and governments ...

BNP Paribas names APAC head of stewardship

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  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+. Before that, Ho was ...

Defining financial, wellbeing impacts in housing: Kayne Anderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... she said. "That's a day one look at all the inefficiencies and how we can improve upon them. Bear in mind that with utilities, 90% paid by tenants directly and historically, the operator had no sight into it and no incentive to do anything about it. ...

Majority of ASX200 reporting on ESG: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... increase on 2020 and a 50% increase on 2008. There are still sector by sector differences in reporting - ACSI found that utilities, consumer staples, materials and real estate sectors are the leaders in ESG disclosure, with more than 70% providing comprehensive ...

Brookfield raises US$15 billion for global transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... means deploying capital across the economic spectrum from scaling clean energy generation, to transforming traditional utilities and to providing sustainable solutions for heavy industries like steel and cement." While the fund is now closed to institutional ...

Scoping future winners from the green hydrogen transition: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... hydrogen value chain from an infrastructure perspective, beginning with renewable energy," Thomas said. "You've also got utilities that can benefit from hydrogen as a fuel source, pipeline companies, the companies that can transport/transmit hydrogen ...

Climate change a macro trend, driving secular themes: J. P. Morgan Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... climate change is clearly going to be a clear component of that." J.P. Morgan Asset Management are investing in "select utilities companies" that they believe are leaders in the energy transition. "These names are typically in Europe where regulation ...

Weighing climate risk in corporate bonds: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... have helped to provide transparency in this rapidly expanding asset class. Issuance currently has a sector bias towards utilities and sovereigns and sovereign agencies but is becoming increasingly diverse." Greater disclosure around impact and a greater ...

Munro Partners, GSFM launch climate ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Trane, US, Ball Corp, US, Infineon, Germany, and SIG Combibloc out of Sweden. Currently, industrials, materials and utilities sre the top three sectors. Since inception, last year, the fund has returned 8.3%, outperforming the benchmark MSCI ACWI. "We're ...

2021 theme in review: biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... biodiversity through operations include fisheries, forestry, agriculture and aquaculture; food, beverages and tobacco; heat utilities; construction, while industries with high impacts on biodiversity in their operations or value chains: Food; infrastructure ...