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Solving carbon credit concerns with blockchain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... like double counting, additionality and unreliable baselines leading carbon offsets to be labelled a "scam". Asset management firm Northern Trust is implementing an industry-wide voluntary carbon credit ecosystem that would allow institutional buyers ...

Impax launches global fund down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... approach to identifying opportunities," Winborne added. Founded in 1998, Impax boasts over $76 billion in assets under management across global listed equities, fixed income, and private markets. In Australia, Fidante Partners is the responsible entity ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... long-term targets that do not fall afoul of greenwashing accusations. The challenge is huge - according to Acadian Asset Management, the ASX300 has about a 20% probability of achieving net zero by 2050. Meanwhile, research from investment strategy firm ...

Act now on carbon emissions to avoid higher costs later: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... they changing as physical impacts of climate change become more apparent," Herd said. "Embed consideration and active management of these risks into your long-term strategy and what does that do for big decisions that you'd make around things like ...

Mandatory climate reporting challenges directors: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... advisory sector broadly and given that the shift is so fundamental, it will have to be a high priority for boards and management teams." Voluntary disclosure of climate risk is improving for Australian companies, but is still not universal. Earlier ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... activity. This changes the risk and opportunity landscape, requiring risk managers to take a holistic approach to risk management considering complex interactions across many disciplines. Insured losses from natural disasters are increasing. 25% of losses ...

UniSuper, pension funds buy forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Tasmanian forestry estate from a New Forests managed fund. UniSuper, the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and APG Asset Management N.V (APG) on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ABP have bought Forico and a 170,000-hectare plantation forestry ...

Brookfield buys UK Banks Renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Brookfield Asset Management will buy UK-based renewable energy company Banks Renewables for US$1 billion. This follows the acquisition of US renewable energy developer Urban Grid by Brookfield Renewable and its investors earlier this year for $650 million. ...

Danish pension fund completes US$520m divestment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... major oil companies several years ago, but ENI remained as an eligible investment while the fund tried to influence management via active ownership. "However, after a meeting with ENI this spring, it was clear that fossil fuel expansion and exploration ...

ZEN Energy recruits new senior exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... new chief financial officer. Phillipa Chen joins ZEN from Macquarie Group where she was a Director of Macquarie Asset Management. "Phillipa brings deep industry and capital market experience to ZEN's Executive team at a time when we continue to grow ...