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ASIC considering wider lens for greenwashing focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... (Hedged) (Fund) were screened against certain ESG criteria." Allegations against Mercer Super relate to seven 'Sustainable Plus' investment options offered by the Mercer Super Trust. ASIC notes that the Sustainable Plus options were marketed ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... metrics. There is a lack of global standards and definitions around climate and transition, noted Tony Campos, head of sustainable investment, Index Investments Group at FTSE Russell. To help answer that challenge, FTSE Russell has partnered with the ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... develop a standard set of definitions for the most common terms in responsible investing. CFA Institute, the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) have published the Definitions for Responsible ...

Impact investing as greenwashing antidote: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Rowe Price. Recently, T. Rowe Price global impact equity strategy Hari Balkrishna was in Melbourne to discuss how sustainable investors navigate greenwashing and greenhushing. "The reason we went for an impact mandate is that it genuinely creates an ...

Igneo refinances green credit facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Eligible asset categories include renewable energy, energy efficiency, waste management, clean transportation and sustainable water management. The GDIF facility is supported by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, which acts as the sole green coordinator ...

Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The government has announced plans to create a labelling regime for sustainable investment products, including managed funds and super fund options as well as plans to have an unnamed government body maintain a forthcoming sustainable finance taxonomy ...

Morgan Stanley makes second climate private equity deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... in the past financial year and has sold 300 million meals since it was founded. 1GT is an Article 9 fund under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, which integrates sustainability into the investment process in a binding manner. The fund is ...

Blackstone and Vista to acquire energy market software

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... now invested more than $21 billion of equity across the global energy sector. This follows Blackstone Credit's Sustainable Resources Platform close of its Green Private Credit Fund III in August, at a hard cap of $7.1 billion - the largest private ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Based Targets Network (SBTN), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). Approximately 100 organisations provided ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Government Securities". The statement then references some of the work the government is doing to support sustainable finance, including around transparency, reporting, climate-related budget spending, sustainable finance reforms and publishing ...