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New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Global Impact Investing Network benchmark A new benchmark from the Global Impact Investing Network finds that impact investments in the energy sector decrease Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions while boosting energy production. The new benchmark helps investors ...

Rest bolsters impact portfolio with private equity investment

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... investment is part of a broader initiative to fulfill the superannuation fund's target allocation (1%) to impact investments in its total portfolio by 2026. Rest private equity program leader Marina Pasika said the investment is a testament to the ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... inaction on biodiversity. Investors that were found to be promoting biodiversity proposals included Domini Impact Investments and Green Century Capital Management. 28 of the 38 biodiversity proposals submitted (74%) called for the corporate to start ...

Podcast: Building climate impact with Bloom

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... Soquet-Clerc, founder of Bloom Impact, an investment app offering retail investors access to climate-related impact investments. Fintech Bloom Impact offers access to a diversified growth portfolio of assets that meet climate impact goals with a minimum ...

Podcast: Democratising climate impact investing with Camille Socquet-Clerc

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... Socquet-Clerc, founder of Bloom Impact, a new investment app offering retail investors access to climate-related impact investments. Fintech Bloom Impact offers access to a diversified growth portfolio of assets that meet climate impact goals with a ...

Ethinvest opens Canberra office with industry heavyweight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... experience of Ethinvest in the ethical advisory sector as well as their research capabilities, including Australian Impact Investments, a dedicated research team subsidiary that researches the impact merit of listed and unlisted investments. "They have ...

Fintech Bloom Impact to cultivate retail climate investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
A new investment app is offering retail investors access to climate-related impact investments. Fintech Bloom Impact offers access to a diversified growth portfolio of assets that meet climate impact goals with a minimum investment of $500. It was launched ...

Active Super turns to fixed income carbon on road to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... "This affects asset allocation in the future," she explained. "We want to be acquiring more positively themed impact investments, and that makes sense when we invest in a low carbon economy. We will build that into the bread-and-butter work. "Net zero ...

Decarbonisation a key megatrend in private markets: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... variety of sustainable opportunities in markets today," BlackRock said in its outlook. "For example, we think impact investments in under-explored themes such as financial inclusion can potentially tap new sources of alpha across private asset classes." ...

Rest outlines net zero scenario, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... emissions by 2050 plan, and an increase in investments around renewable energy, low-carbon solutions assets, and impact investments. We also advocate for a 'Just Transition' for those communities affected by the change to a lower-carbon economy. ...