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Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Services (CCaSS) practice. "There are going to be some challenges in terms of reconciling existing biodiversity and environmental risk issues with these sorts of frameworks," Herd noted. "With climate, basically, everything was invented from scratch. ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Nearly a quarter of institutional investors globally say climate change is at the centre of their investment policy, with more than half saying it is a significant factor, according to research from Robeco. Robeco has issued its global climate survey ...

Nanuk launches global sustainable equities ETP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... on the Nanuk New World Fund, a global equities fund that invests in listed companies exposed to broad themes of environmental sustainability and resource efficiency. "We established the Nanuk New World Fund over six years ago with access for investors ...

US SEC proposes rules for climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... money managers, comprising $4.2 trillion in assets," US SIF CEO Lisa Woll. "In the 2022 proxy season, 21% of the environmental and social shareholder proposals filed address climate change, according to Proxy Preview. "We thank the SEC Commissioners ...

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. ...

Retail demand for thematic ESG ETFs climbs: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... thematic, at slightly more than 40%, robotics and automation in third, with biotechnology, cyber security, healthcare, environmental sustainability/conservation, and emerging economies among other choices ranking behind. Guiamatsia pointed out that COP26 ...

Podcast: What is authentic ESG integration?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... episode of the Financial Standard podcast brought to you by MFS Investment Management, we discuss what integration of environmental, social and governance-related means for stock selection in investment portfolios, how fund managers can demonstrate that ...

Pollination harvests blue carbon credits from mangrove project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... project, providing advice around carbon sequestration and carbon mkaret participation, Cohn said. "In terms of the environmental benefits of the project, it's quite extraordinary," Cohn said. "The Indus delta faced a lot of pressure on its mangroves ...

New Forests Asia fund reaches $120 million first close

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... capital in these transformations, using the blended finance structure to mobilise more capital towards high social and environmental impact outcomes." New Forests notes that TAFF2 is expected to develop a diversified portfolio of sustainable forest plantation ...

Australians expect ethical investing: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... when they think about investing their money, up from 64% in 2020. RIAA also found a mismatch between the social and environmental issues between what consumers are concerned about and what products on offer - 67% of Australians want to avoid animal cruelty ...