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Climate engagement escalation vital to responsible investing: Aviva Investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Strong engagement is crucial to solving the climate crisis, with Aviva Investors identifying nearly 400 instances where their active ownership helped drive positive changes in corporate behaviour. Aviva Investors has released its Responsible Investment ...

Investment opportunities in a changing global food system

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Rising affluence and changing preferences are reshaping food demand, and investors should reconsider the potential risks and rewards in the global food system's shifting landscape, according to a recent report from PGIM. The report, Food for Thought ...

It pays to go green: top ETF megatrends for long-term growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Investors are poised to benefit from long-term investments in the minerals and technology needed to reach net zero, a global ETF provider has revealed. Global X ETFs Australia outlined the major exchange traded fund (ETF) investment megatrends - highlighting ...

Giant Leap completes fundraise for second impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... pain management), Trace (removing barriers to climate action) and Hex (entrepreneurship education). It aims to grow its portfolio to 25 companies within the next five years. "We started Giant Leap as a means of funding and tackling some of the world's ...

CBRE rolls out sustainability data-intelligence platform for commercial property

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... enables its users to collect energy, water, and waste consumption data, gain a view of environmental performance at a portfolio and asset level, establish investment plans to reach net zero, and measure results. It aims to improve capabilities for meeting ...

RIAA launches armed conflict toolkit for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... is 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 their ...

Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... amount of capital is required to scale Indigenous business, Professor Peter Yu, vice president of the First Nations portfolio at the Australian National University and Yawuru man from Broome in the Kimberley region in Northwest Australia. "We operate ...

CEFC invests $80m in Pacific Equity Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... net zero scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2040. "We are excited to work with PEP as it drives ESG outcomes by engaging with portfolio companies to support the achievement of decarbonisation activities," CEFC chief investment officer - infrastructure and alternatives ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The concept of a circular economy presents both risks and rewards for investors in the transition to a sustainable, low carbon economy. At the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, advisory members of the Circular ...

First Sentier Investors to focus on armed conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... she said. "Our approach at FSI has been twofold - systematic from the responsible investment team and the individual portfolio managers and analysts in investment teams have taken the fundamental, bottom-up view. They're more likely to be able to ...