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New Zealand to issue green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
The New Zealand government has launched a Sovereign Green Bond Program and expects to issue its first green bonds later this year. The Sovereign Green Bond Program will provide finance to projects that contribute to climate and environmental objectives. ...

Climate risk warning on government bond yields

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
The transition risks of climate change are being underestimated in their impacts on government bond yields and investors need to pay more attention to how transition risk will impact the liquidity and stability of sovereign debt markets, according to ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
The board of UniSuper has imposed a cap on fossil fuel exposure of 7% and has divested from companies that generate more than 10% of revenue from the extraction and production of thermal coal. UniSuper has issued its fifth annual climate risk report ...

NZ Super Fund shifts $25 billion to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
The NZ Super Fund has shifted about 40% of its overall portfolio to low carbon indices, a move that will "significantly reduce" the number of listed companies that the fund owns directly. The NZ$57 billion fund in June began to roll over its indices ...

APRA chair highlights challenges of climate risk assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
APRA chair Wayne Byres flagged that the results of the climate vulnerability assessment (CVA) of the country's five largest banks are expected to be released "in a month or two." Byres highlighted that climate change is a disruptive risk in a speech ...

Glencore faces greenwashing allegations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
The Environmental Defenders Office has filed a complaint with ASIC and the ACCC against mining company Glencore over allegations of greenwashing and behaviour towards Traditional Owners. The Environmental Defenders Office, on behalf of The Plains Clan ...

Podcast: Inclusive product design with Amarachi Seery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
In this week's episode of The Greener Way, we speak with Janus Henderson sustainability analyst Amarachi Seery, who explains why companies should make sure that their product design teams are as inclusive as their target customer base, and how a career ...

No ESG drag seen in performance test results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
It is not apparent that MySuper funds that use ESG investing strategies are failing the MySuper performance test under the Your Future, Your Super legislation. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, five MySuper products have failed the ...

Defining financial, wellbeing impacts in housing: Kayne Anderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
A confluence of factors in the US multi-family rental housing market including a supply/demand imbalance, the need to upgrade aging residences including on grounds of energy efficiency, and the ability to improve overall health and wellbeing drive the ...

Minderoo Foundation, Illumina launch ocean biodiversity DNA project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Australian scientists will embark on a project to conserve Australia's rich marine biodiversity through genetic mapping via a partnership between the Minderoo Foundation and a global genome sequencing company. The Minderoo Foundation and Illumina have ...