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RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Foundation as financial sector engagement manager, as well as in the secretariat of the Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking APAC, as well as a lecturer at Monash University, an ESG analyst at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) ...

Brookfield consortium to buy Origin Energy for $18.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia's east coast domestic market in support of local business and household and recognises APLNG as a transition fuel for APAC coal-to-gas switching. Brookfield is pursuing this acquisition through the Brookfield Global Transition Fund I. Brookfield ...

New report finds global carbon markets hit new record amid energy crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... accelerating their decarbonization efforts," ICAP carbon markets and climate policy consultant Maia Hall stated during the APAC and Europe report launch. "Emissions trading is playing a critical role here," she added. The report found that jurisdictions ...

Global investors set net zero target, implementation lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... have been allowing higher allocations to oil and gas companies in the short term, rising to 48% in North America and 59% in APAC. However, divestment from carbon intensive stocks, particularly the oil and gas sector, continues to be a tool that investors ...

ASIC takes Mercer to court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Glencore PLC and Whitehaven Coal Ltd); 15 companies involved in the production of alcohol (including Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Ltd, Carlsberg AS, Heineken Holding NV and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd); and 19 companies involved in gambling (including ...

Fidelity bolsters ESG skills

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... top priority at Fidelity. Building out the capability and coverage of our global sustainable investing team both here in APAC and in Europe, signals just how important this is to us as a firm and to our clients."

APAC investors cite ESG impact in real asset allocations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Nearly a third of APAC investors see positive ESG impact as a primary reason to invest in real assets in 2023, according to Aviva Investors. Aviva Investors have launched the fifth edition their Real Assets Study, featuring insights in attitudes towards ...

Qualitas names Fiona Reynolds to ESG advisory board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... and that is a great future for our mining sector. "But we should be positioning ourselves as a sustainable finance hub for APAC. Within Australia, we have this huge pool of capital, we've got extreme knowledge within our baking sector, within the superannuation ...

APAC outperforms amid global sustainable finance pullback

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... analyst, deals intelligence - Asia Pacific and Japan Elaine Tan said that while levels decreased at a global level, within the APAC region, activity was buoyant. "We still have seen an increase in the number of deals, especially in APAC for sustainable ...

JPMorgan Asset Management launches sustainable ETFs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... sub-themes, to create a universe of potential investments," said Tomomi Shimada, lead sustainable investing strategist for APAC on the Sustainable Investing Team. This information is then overlaid onto fundamental investment research by the firm's global ...