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Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
A global natural capital manager raised US$130 million towards its US$300 million target for its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2). Investors in TAFF2 include Mitsui, Nomura, Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Australian government, David and Lucile ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... first countries to sign on to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and has a goal of 30% ecosystem restoration, in 30% of total land area, by 2030. The country issued more than 40 relevant policy documents and released or revised more than 30 laws ...

Shell shareholders worth €4tr to vote for Paris

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Widows with €200 billion AUM, and Candriam with €140 billion, as well as Rathbones Group and Pension Protection Fund. The total number of shares in the filing was 114 million shares. "This escalation of 27 leading investors puts the call for emissions ...

NSW can achieve electricity reliability without coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Origin Energy has commenced construction of phase 1 of its 700MWITH2,800MWh Eraring BESS," CEF noted in its analysis. In total, "once federal and state capacity schemes are included, there is no NSW reliability gap forecast in any year this coming decade ...

TCorp issues first sustainability bond of 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... social and sustainable outcomes. As policy, TCorp overcollateralises its issuance by 10%. With the current $1.7 billion bond, total ESG projects on issue stands at $11.94 billion. Adding in the $1.19 billion in collateral has emptied the kitty. "We're ...

BlackRock admits stakeholder pressure on ESG a risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... including "climate-related risks" - which has been included in its earnings reports since December Q4 2022. BlackRock flagged a total of 29 risks, including geopolitical unrest, and the impact of acquisitions - including its recent acquisition of Global ...

$200m social housing catalyst for clean energy sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... growth. Up to 24,000 social housing properties will receive support, with the offer open to more than 30,000 households in total. Support includes installation of or upgrades to solar power arrays and batteries, heat pumps, fans, and air conditioning. ...

Ethical ETFs AUM surges in 2023: Betashares

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... amid a strong year for ETFs broadly. Betashares' latest Australian ETF Review calculates the local ETF industry at a total industry market capitalisation of $177.5 billion, a 33% growth year-on-year, as reported by sister publication Financial Standard ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... unconventional reserves. "For diversified energy companies, on the basis of the unconventional ratio (defined as share of total revenues from their upstream activities, multiplied by the share of non-conventional reserves): we will only invest in diversified ...

Northern Trust pulled up for greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions. The firm claimed its NT World Green Transition Index Fund excluded companies that "derive 5% or more of their total annual revenues (either reported or estimated) from thermal coal-based power generation" and have a score of 3 or 4 in the ...