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Charting a course to net zero: Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... prominently, there are decisions that we believe are hard to justify from a climate perspective - new investment in thermal coal-based electricity generation, for example." Beyond the governance and decisions to make a net zero commitment, most of the ...

QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... to sign an open letter to QSuper, asking for greater commitment on managing climate risk, including divesting from thermal coal. ACF economic analyst and campaigner May House called the existing policy insufficient. "They haven't created an emissions ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... target builds off of the fund's existing work around ESG integration, including having previously screened out thermal coal, tobacco and controversial weapons, Squires told FS Sustainability at the time of the announcement. "Through looking at all ...

Using climate scenarios to assess company risks, return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... ASX200 index, AGL is one of the companies that performs the worst under our central climate change scenario due to its thermal coal fired generation," Tam noted. "What we've seen from AGL is that they've decided to separate the business into ...

Advisers seek education, clarification on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... the launch of services including the ability to screen based on 12 categories including animal testing, tobacco, thermal coal, fossil fuels and others, as well as offering integrated access to Sustainalytics research. "The adviser/client can choose one ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... reserves, derive revenue from oil or gas exploration, production and related activities, have power generated from thermal coal, oil and gas, or lease, mine or process coal and coke. "The Responsible Investment team were critical throughout the entire ...

Industry fund sets bar higher with Net Zero timing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... target builds off of the fund's existing work around ESG integration, including having previously screened out thermal coal, tobacco and controversial weapons, noted Ben Squires, NGS Super chief investment officer. "Through looking at all of the ...

Ausbil drops fossil fuel companies from sustainable fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... time period. Previously, the fund had excluded material investments in controversial activities such as uranium, thermal coal, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons and armaments, and pornography. The exclusion list has been expanded to include investing ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... reduce emissions in the real economy as an active owner. Of the superannuation funds that announced divestment from thermal coal companies in 2020, none publicly declared their intentions prior to divestment, ACCR said. Divestment can serve as a signal ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... SDG-linked strategies preclude holding traditional energy companies and utilities that primarily rely on oil and thermal coal but can invest in energy and utilities companies that are transitioning towards lower emission and renewable energy sources. ...