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Podcast: Maintaining competitive advantage in an age of climate transparency with Duncan Paterson

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's mandatory climate reporting regime. It's undoubtedly a massive opportunity to open the door wider to green investment and reach net zero by 2050. However, investors face the unique challenge of understanding portfolio emissions, as ...

AXA IM battles poor data on road to net zero

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Despite acknowledging data accuracy uncertainties, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) says its interim targets are on track and it will reach net zero by 2050. In its latest carbon reduction monitor and associated sustainability reports, the fund manager ...

Clean energy approvals increase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... additional 2.5 GW was still under assessment at the end of Q2. Still more large-scale renewables are reaching final investment decision. In the first half of the year, 1.8 GW reached a final investment decision - more than the 1.6 GW in 2023. "New power ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... to help them drive performance improvements, for example, summarising vast volumes of data and information to drive investment decisions, and are considering where smarter automation of internal processes could drive cost efficiencies. "Asset managers ...

MSCI launches offset rating

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... reputations on carbon credits while allowing them to compare credits across the entire market, mitigate risks from investment decisions, and fulfil disclosure requirements." Carbon markets are critical to meeting net zero goals, Turner added.

Green jobs: Societe Generale, Iress, U Ethical, CDP, TISFD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... force. Tessa Dann has taken the helm as head of sustainable finance for Asia Pacific at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB). Her promotion is part of the bank's ongoing expansion of sustainable finance initiatives across the region ...

Green finance lags as planet on high alert

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... targets and plans for government and corporates; accelerating household electrification and energy efficiency; increasing investment for climate adaptation and resilience; integrating nature-related into financial decision-making; digitalisation of financial ...

Vanguard to pay $13m in greenwashing case brought by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... enhanced Vanguard's ability to attract investors to the fund, and enhanced Vanguard's reputation as a provider of investment funds with ESG characteristics, as compared to what would have been the case if Vanguard had accurately disclosed the ...

Ellerston ramps up exclusions list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... "investments which form part of the fund's portfolio may become subject to a business sector or activity exclusion post-investment, for example due to market movements or M&A activity". In that case, the fund would not immediately divest. However, it ...

Watchdog cracks down on climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... disclosures provide Australian investors data that will help in pricing the risk and opportunities of climate change to investment portfolios, allowing the Australian investment community to play its role in the carbon transition," CEO Blake Briggs said. ...