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CleanTech fueling sustainable investment: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... the ongoing viability of the business." The Clean Economy strategy looks for investments aligned to four thematics: low carbon transport, smart energy, including renewables and enabling technology like smart electricity grids, food and agriculture, including ...

Kilter Rural discloses state of natural capital in $68m agri fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Kilter is also seeking to improve native vegetation from the current 5% to 30%, and has also set targets for improving the carbon content and biological health of the soil on those assets. "If we want to build value in landscape, the value has to be ...

Brookfield raises US$15 billion for global transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... final institutional close having raised US$15 billion for a fund aimed at facilitating the global transition to a net-zero carbon economy. global transition fund. The Brookfield Global Transition Fund (BGTF) includes investments from institutional investors ...

Mercer appoints APAC sustainable investment leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... business last year saw record growth, with significant increases in new clients advised on sustainable investment and low carbon transition, and new projects providing implementable advice in sustainable investing. Mercer also noted that the recent merger ...

Heritage Bank hires first ESG and sustainability manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... framework including the delivery of improved governance and reporting of Heritage's ESG performance and projects such as carbon neutral certification. Masci has more than 15 years' experience across environmental management, corporate sustainability ...

CEFC allocates $2m to airlines emissions solution developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Corporation (CEFC) has allocated $2 million to an Australian manufacturing company developing a solution to combat aviation carbon emissions. CEFC has joined venture capitalist Bill Tai and Amanda Terry of ACTAI Ventures in providing seed funding to ...

Brambles sets 2040 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... applying decarbonising 1.5C and 2C climate scenarios, "the immediate and ongoing opportunities related to Brambles' low-carbon, circular business model outweigh short-term climate-related risks." Brambles stated that one of the impacts of decarbonising ...

Emerging markets improving on ESG: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... always come up at the top. That's been led by action in the EU, which mandated disclosures at company level around the carbon footprint which applied to all listed stocks in the EU." "However, in Asia, as of December last year, only 47% of stocks ...

ANZ creates head of environmental markets role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... and trading across five markets, spanning diverse asset classes including energy, agri-commodities, precious metals and carbon. "Stuart brings an impressive track record in building businesses and unique experience in both sales and risk management," ...

Qantas Super in $2bn climate risk mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... and Goldman Sachs Asset Management is part of that first phase, which will see the super fund target a 24% reduction in carbon emissions across Qantas Super's investment portfolio by 2025, from a baseline of 30 June 2020. "Climate change represents a ...