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Webinar: Do ESG portfolios outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... management at $380 billion, up 140% in just 12 months. This webinar featuring Rainmaker Information executive director, research and compliance Alex Dunnin and head of investment research John Dyall as well as FS Sustainability managing editor Rachel ...

Calls to strengthen Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... are readers of modern slavery statements, and we are reporting entities ourselves," noted Mans Carlsson, head of ESG Research at Ausbil Investment Management. "For our ESG team last year, we reviewed modern slavery statements for research purposes as ...

New gas projects at risk under strong climate action: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... if countries and companies implement policies in accordance with 1.5°C, Paris-aligned climate scenarios, according to research by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). IGCC's new report, hanging Pathways for Australian Gas: A 1.5°C scenario ...

Australian Ethical names heavyweights to investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... director (NED) of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a former NED of QSuper, and established the ESG equities research capability at Credit Suisse Australia. "I am delighted to join the Investment Committee of Australian Ethical, whose leading ...

Alcoa alumina refining project receives ARENA funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... "We are the lowest carbon intensity alumina producer in the world, and we have a technology roadmap of future-oriented research and development projects with the goal to reduce our footprint even further," said Alcoa vice president for continuous improvement ...

Banksia Foundation National Awards highlight sustainable innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... talk innovation all the time, but we're really starting to see it coming through." Other award winners include a marine research institute which is creating living seawalls using 3D printing technology to revive marine life, an island eco-resort which ...

UBS hires ESG specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
UBS has recruited Camille Wynter as head of Australian ESG Research. Wynter - who has more than ten years' experience in sustainable finance - joins the investment banker from the Commonwealth Bank where she was director of sustainable finance. ...

Janus Henderson launches net zero active ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... to meet investor demand for products aligned to the energy transition - Janus Henderson pointed to recent Morningstar research showing that sustainable funds now hold $44.3 billion in Australian assets, and have more than doubled since 2019. JZRO is ...

Fintech Bloom Impact to cultivate retail climate investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Super, Melanie Madders, a director at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, and Marine Dehayes, ClimateWorks Australia research and analysis manager. The fund is comprised of 14% Australian equities, 54% international equities, 5% infrastructure, 7% ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... change is at the centre of their investment policy, with more than half saying it is a significant factor, according to research from Robeco. Robeco has issued its global climate survey report, which sampled the views of 300 institutional and wholesale ...