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Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
The $59 billion Rest industry super fund has launched its responsible investment option. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, Rest's 1.7 million members will now have access to 'Sustainable Growth', the fund's first ...

NZ climate disclosure legislation to affect Australian entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
The New Zealand government has introduced world-first legislation that will require listed companies, banks, insurers and fund managers to make public climate risk-related disclosures. The legislation will affect not just New Zealand-domiciled entities ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
As the depth and size of the global green bond market has grown in the past decade, it is evolving towards a more regulated definition of "green-ness" and ability to achieve carbon reduction aims, according to BNP Paribas Asset Management. BNP Paribas ...

Investors shifting to net zero targets: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Investors globally are shifting to set net zero decarbonisation targets, but lack of data and reporting is a main obstacle to implementation, according to Robeco. Robeco's '2021 Global Climate Survey' took the pulse of 300 large global investors, with ...

Investors confident in Australian renewables sector: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Investors are "overwhelmingly confident" in the outlook for Australian renewables, with state and territory programs to stimulate renewable energy, according to MinterEllison. MinterEllison has published the Australian Renewables Report 2021, which ...

Fossil fuel share offerings sharply underperform: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021  |  NEWS
The value of share offerings in fossil fuel-producing and related companies have sharply underperformed global equities in the last decade, according to a new study from Carbon Tracker. Collectively, between 2012 and 2020, fossil fuel producers sold ...

When ESG improvement comes at a cost: MFS Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Improving performance on sustainability metrics isn't necessarily free, and investors need to factor in the costs of environmental, social and governance in both risks and returns, according to fund manager MFS Investment Management. MFS noted in ...

Say on climate a "milestone moment" for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Four ASX listed companies thus far have committed to putting their climate strategy plans to shareholders to a vote at their 2022 AGMs, the first companies in the world to do so. The "say on climate" resolutions are advisory votes only, but engagement ...

Women near parity in 2021 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Women made up nearly half of listed ASX board appointments thus far in 2021, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). In January and February of this year, women accounted for 46.7% of ASX 200 board appointments and 52.3% of ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Real estate managers are continuing the trend of decarbonising their portfolios, with one manager announcing that a portfolio of real estate projects in the US has been certified net carbon zero, while another has set a net zero target. Lendlease in ...