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Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... their portfolios, with one manager announcing that a portfolio of real estate projects in the US has been certified net carbon zero, while another has set a net zero target. Lendlease in partnership with Aware Super has announced that its multifamily ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... recognised and meaningful ESG principles, adopting best practices such as the continued assessment and disclosure of our carbon footprint," a spokesperson told FS Sustainability. " We have already taken a number of steps in recent years to address the ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... clear definitions and labelling around what is an ESG integrated fund versus what is an impact investing fund versus a low carbon fund, you would not have to re-establish the definitions each time, you could categorise funds, and hopefully that would ...

Credit strategy links financial return to social, environmental impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... investors have funded. We are able to demonstrate back to investor the change they are driving across renewable energy, low carbon transport, waste, access to education, sustainable agriculture and social and affordable housing." This can require a great ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... thermal coal exclusion. We want to do some research to test that exclusion in its current state as we transition to the low carbon economy. It needs to be backed up by research. That will trigger a review of our exclusions, but will also trigger a review ...

IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
IFM investors is reporting a nearly 8% reduction in carbon emissions across its Australian infrastructure portfolio in the 2018/2018 financial year. Chris Newton, head of responsible investing at IFM Investors. The IFM Investors' FY 2019 Australian ...

QBE joins Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the We Mean Business coalition and the Carbon Disclosure Project, and the Australian focal point for the Natural Capital Coalition.

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... of the physical risks, [Property and Casualty] insurers' underwriting and investment activities expose them to indirect carbon risks," Sustainalytics noted in its report. "By underwriting coverage for fossil fuel projects, the insurance industry enables ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... represent millennial workers and savers, who will retire post-2030 into a world which will be transitioning into a low carbon economy in the mist of the physical impacts of climate change. The group has issued its first research project, Climate Change ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... between surveys, participants had reduced their corresponding water consumption by 0.5%, energy consumption by 1.1%, and carbon emissions by 2.2%. Australian commercial real estate organisations are at the forefront of GRESB, with a 2017 average score ...