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Cutting the carbon without sacrificing return: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Investors can drastically reduce the carbon intensity of their portfolios without sacrificing returns, and may achieve outperformance, according to research from UBS. UBS identified 25 stocks from the MSCI World index which are buy or neutral rated ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... emissions they do not eliminate and divestment from companies that are either unable or unwilling to abate their carbon intensity. However, neither strategy is useful in achieving the ultimate goal of moving governments, companies and communities to ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... supply chain will feel over coming decades, and the role that the agriculture sector has to play in reducing carbon intensity. "Beef production, animal proteins, they are high carbon intensive activities," van der Werf. "It drives up the carbon budget ...

Super, fund manager lends muscle to net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... companies which have emissions today which are on the transition spectrum." Progress on absolute emissions and carbon intensity reductions will be monitored annually - together with analysis on transition capacity and allocation to 'green' solutions ...

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... let it roll, but it's not the easy way out." These carbon transition fixed income portfolios aim to reduce carbon intensity by at least 30% relative to the broad investment universe, reduce annual carbon intensity by 7% and achieve five-year cumulative ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... universe" of holdings that present a particularly significant climate-related risk." Those risks include high carbon intensity today, insufficient preparation for the net zero transition and low reception to BlackRock's investment stewardship engagement. ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... pathways, how should sectors such as steel, oil and gas, and the automotive industry decarbonise in terms of carbon intensity of products, per unit of cement or steel. What kind of technologies are part of that, what kind of demand creation and demand ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... overall portfolio resilience against sustainability related risks and metres like different climate scenarios, carbon intensity, etc." Superannuation funds are also integrating and/or evolving ESG policies, with a number of the top-performing funds against ...

Report calls out AIA's coal-based assets, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... spokesperson told FS Sustainability. " We have already taken a number of steps in recent years to address the carbon intensity of our investment portfolio. This includes the decision to end all direct equity balance sheet investments in coal mining and ...

Cromwell Property Group sets net zero carbon target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... operating profit of $221.2 million, up 27%. Cromwell's CO2 emissions per million dollars of revenue, a measure of carbon intensity, was 39.37 tonnes. That figure covers both scope 1 and scope 2 emissions. Challenges in responding to COVID included engaging ...