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ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust, State Street and Vanguard to model ESG-labelled funds. Human rights organisation Inclusive Development International (IDI) alleged that the indices violated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business ...

Gender-based strategy gives impact investing a boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... of impact investments go towards gender impact investment, according to the Association for Women's Rights in Development. According to JP Morgan, 77% of women believe impact investing can make a real difference. Good Return's gender lens investment ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... methodologies. Asset managers are converging towards standardized and common frameworks, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a benchmark. In Asia, regulation is also moving fast towards sustainable finance, with local specificities in each ...

Funds SA hires ESG expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... and Management) in the USA. Before the study break, she worked at Duxton Capital in the ESG team, where she led the development and implementation of strategy across listed and unlisted markets. That job involved collaborating with industry groups on ...

PRI appoints RI ecosystem officers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... relations director for Northern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (NEMEA), and has over 25 years' experience in business development and relationship management within asset management and financial services firms. In April 2022, this role extended to ...

Personal views influence climate decision-making

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... those utilising climate scenarios provided by the IEA, base forecasts were most likely to reflect the Sustainable Development Scenario - a scenario consistent with rapid decarbonisation which limits global temperature rise to 1.65°C by 2100 at a 50% ...

Aware and Macquarie partner on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... solutions over the next decade. "We look forward to working with Aware Super and Galway Sustainable Capital to support the development of projects and companies seeking to rapidly accelerate the transition to net zero." GSC CEO Jennifer von Bismark said ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... revegetation and enrichment planting to create biodiversity corridors to support the distribution of fauna and flora. Development of an integrated fire management program will also be a key component of the project. Restore Nature (Thailand) will further ...

Decarbonising aluminium key priority for Capral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Dragicevich said. "Renewables do not provide that and the tech outside of nuclear/hydro does not exist currently, so the development of that is crucial to the longevity and future of the aluminium industry in Australia, from mining to smelting to downstream. ...

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... investments of JPY150 trillion (US$1 trillion) over the next 10 years. 55.5% of bond proceeds are allocated to research and development initiatives in areas including renewable energy and hydrogen utilisation in steelmaking. 44.5% is earmarked for subsidies ...