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UniSuper allocates to venture capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
UniSuper has allocated $75 million towards venture capital for its sustainable investment options. UniSuper has secured a relationship with Uniseed, an early-stage commercialisation fund manager. Established in 2000 and now owned by the Universities ...

Nanuk launches global sustainable equities ETP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Nanuk Asset Management has launched its first active exchange traded managed fund (ETMF). The ETMF, listed as NNUK on the ASX, is based on the Nanuk New World Fund, a global equities fund that invests in listed companies exposed to broad themes of environmental ...

CEFC reaches $10 billion landmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has hit the milestone of surpassing $10 billion in lifetime investment commitments in its nearly nine-year tenure. Since inception, the CEFC has drawn $5.4 billion from its original $10 billion funding allocation ...

Apostle Funds Management launches people and planet fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Apostle Funds Management (AFM) has launched a diversified fund that will seek positive impact in social and environmental areas. The People and Planet Diversified Fund has attracted seed investment from Statewide Super, soon to merge with Hostplus. ...

BlueScope steels itself for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
When BlueScope Steel announced last year it had set a 2050 net zero target, it was the beginning of a process to embed a decarbonisation strategy in a company in one of the hardest to abate industrial sectors. The commitment to reach net zero on scope ...

ESG drivers rising up M&A strategy agenda: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
ESG performance is influencing mergers and acquisitions and impacting value calculations, according to PwC. PwC has published analysis of the global and local outlook for M&A activity. The report notes that in 2021, Australia was active across most ...

Retail demand for thematic ESG ETFs climbs: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
There is significant retail investor demand for specific thematic ETFs in the ESG sector, particularly renewable energy-based ETFs, according to research from Investment Trends. Investment Trends has released the 2021 Investment Trends/BetaShares ETF ...

Conscious Investment Management adopts Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Specialist impact investment fund manager Conscious Investment Management (CIM) has launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). The Reflect RAP is intended to guide the firm's "commitment to collaborating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

CEFC, Hostplus, Octopus Australia to invest in renewable energy asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Octopus Australia will develop a renewable energy asset in regional Victoria. The CEFC and Octopus Australia have partnered to develop the Gippsland Renewable Energy Park (GREP), an early-stage renewable ...

Pollination harvests blue carbon credits from mangrove project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... world's largest mangrove restoration project has been sold. The Delta Blue Carbon Project (DBC-1) is owned by Indus Delta Capital (IDC), the government of Sindh in Pakistan, and Pollination. Carbon Growth Partners, Trafigura and Respira International ...