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Foresight Group hires Kim Nguyen to head Australian operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... provide the guidance and innovative leadership that will create value for Foresight, its investors, and the Australian economy." Nguyen's career has spanned transactions, strategy and asset management across solar, wind, biogas, biomass, hydro and infrastructure ...

Global issuance of green bonds tops $100 billion to date in 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... annual green finance investment. " "The common definitions that the EU Taxonomy provide across broad sectors of the real economy, opens the door to brown-to-green transition of corporate assets and capex programs, and for banks and insurance companies ...

MSCI creates Climate Change Indexes tilted to low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... "help investors navigate and measure the investment opportunities and risks associated with the transition to a low carbon economy." The new MSCI Climate Change Indexes re-weight securities based on MSCI's Low Carbon transition score, which measures ...

Pengana WHEB Sustainable Investing Impact Report identifies positives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... with investing in companies that are "enabling and benefitting from the transition to a low carbon and more sustainable economy." George Latham, managing partner, WHEB The report describes the ways in which WHEB identifies "critical environmental and ...

CEFC nears $1 billion mark in investment in Australia's wind sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... 9.3 million tonnes over its lifetime, making a significant contribution to efforts to lower carbon emissions across our economy. We are pleased to see CEFC finance continuing to fill a significant finance gap for developers, with our capital supporting ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... "Essentially, we do focus in on the sustainability themed assets, with a big focus on sustainable infrastructure. "The New Climate Economy estimated that from 2015 to 2030, the global requirements for new infra is US$90 trillion. We have to see supply ...

QBE joins Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... of the giants in the Australian insurance industry. QBE understands the threat posed to our environment, wellbeing and economy by climate change and is adjusting its operations for a greater positive impact on climate change," said Andrew Petersen, CEO ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets ambitious investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... recommendations to enable the finance sector to contribute more systematically to the transition to a more resilient and sustainable economy" during the "critical decade" ahead. "Fundamentally, what we have focused the most on is mobilising more capital ...

Future IM/Pact signs two new partners, launches student events

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... 18 March in Melbourne and 19 March in Sydney aimed at helping students understand the impact that investors have on the economy and the opportunities for young women to build a thriving career in this sector. The Melbourne keynote speaker was Mark Middleton ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches global sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... ambition, we are defining clear objectives and targets against which we can measure success and our impact for clients and the economy.

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Podcast: From silos to synergy

THE GREENER WAY
First Sentier Investors' global head of responsible investment Kate Turner joins The Greener Way to discuss how accounting for the many inter-reactions and flow-on effects of addressing specific sustainability issues can lead to improved outcomes.

Plenti wins WA government mandate

KARREN VERGARA
ASX-listed Plenti Group has won a mandate from the Western Australian government to help the state accelerate the adoption of batteries.

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA
Despite the raging global trade war, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) is calling for carbon tariffs on some imports and for Australia to lead the way for a regional Asian carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).

Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime

MATTHEW WAI
Although investors are withdrawing from climate investing due to uncertainty from the aggressive approach by the US President Donald Trump in his pro-fossil fuels and anti-energy agenda, it opens up opportunities further afield.

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