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Impact investing as greenwashing antidote: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Building portfolios around metrics such as direct revenue with real world social and/or environmental impact may be a solution to greenwashing, according to T. Rowe Price. Recently, T. Rowe Price global impact equity strategy Hari Balkrishna was in ...

Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... vulnerability assessment process. Last year, the five largest banks in Australia were assessed by APRA on the estimated future impact of climate change on the banking sector and how the banks might respond to anticipated physical and transition risks. ...

A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... to 1.5°C. But there is investment risk related to the timing of when renewable energy generation is dispatched and the impact it has on spot energy prices and thus revenue and return. A recent report by the Clean Energy Investor Group (CEIG) found that ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... agriculture, with $47 billion of outstanding loans from leading Australian banks, is the subsector responsible for the biggest impact on nature. The report, which focuses on aligning Australia's banking with the Global Biodiversity Framework, identifies ...

ESG factors increasingly drive financial decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... here, it is up to asset managers to translate their commitments into reality and ensure their engagement has the desired impact on industry practices."

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This is the second in a six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics Investing in climate mitigation is still a key priority, but investing in adaptation and resilience to the physical damages and disruption of climate change ...

ACCC approves Origin Energy bid on renewable grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... is subtle and difficult to detect," Cass-Gottlieb said. "This includes discrimination that would favour Origin but not impact AusNet's profits."

Does sustainable investing underperform?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... commented: "For investors looking to integrate ESG objectives in their investment process, it is crucial to question what impact this would have on their portfolio's financial performance. The existence of numerous methodologies to integrate sustainability ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... reduction through mitigation and adaptation. Extreme weather, rising seas, decarbonisation, economics, and politics all impact the sector. These issues are triggering enormous changes in how we power our economy, build supply chains, disclose risk, and ...

ZEN Energy recruits new senior exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... program," said ZEN CEO Anthony Garnaut. "ZEN's past five years' business performance has positioned us to extend our impact on the energy transition. Phillipa brings a very complementary set of skills and capabilities to negotiate the next five ...