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BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas has issued $140 million in equity-linked green bonds based on a forward-looking climate index of ASX-listed companies. Mike Watanabe, managing director, head of equity derivatives, Australia The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), First ...

Christian Super appoints Mark Rider as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... is also a global leader and pioneer in the impact investing community, and the fund is a member of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), and the membership of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) Investors' Council. The fund ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund First State Super announced its Climate Change Portfolio Transition Plan, Liza McDonald, head of responsible investment at First State Super, pointed to the AGL announcement and noted that they are looking for clear signals from companies ...

ESG ETP assets under management triple in last three years: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... that all ETF products in the sector use negative screening processes. The Russell Investments Australian Responsible Investment ETF (RARI) has evolved its screening process through its five year history, said James Harwood, senior portfolio manager ...

First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... from thermal coal miners as part of a Climate Change Portfolio Transition Plan. Liza McDonald, head of responsible investment at First State Super. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, the $120 billion industry super fund has announced ...

Carbon emissions need to peak "as soon as possible": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Global carbon emissions could fall by more than 5% in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it would take a COVID-19-like event every year until 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5c in temperature rise, according AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Lise ...

Local Government Super certified carbon neutral by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... biodiversity reserve project in Indonesia, and a wind power project in Rajasthan, India, said Moya Yip, head of responsible investment, LGS. "These projects reflect our local and global outlook and they generate environmental, social and economic co-benefits," ...

Australian Unity launches green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... bond portfolio that a balanced portfolio might hold," Bovingdon said. "This could be a replacement in a responsible investment portfolio, for example. We want to manage the characteristics so that it gives a similar risk/return profile to an investor ...

Climate change, unclear policy response pose investment risk: JANA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... climate change and unclear policy response by governments pose significant risk to return. Tim Conly, head of responsible investment research, JANA JANA has commissioned a study modelling climate-related financial risk including scenario modelling prepared ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... investment approach to convert those risks to sustainable returns. Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment and partner, Mercer The report, Transformational Investment: Converting Global Systemic Risks into Sustainable Returns, identified ...