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Ratcheting up ambition on climate finance goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... the energy sector alone will be US$3.5 trillion per year, while almost US$50-135 billion per year will need to flow to carbon capture and biofuel technology. Q&A with Steve Waygood, chief responsible investment officer, Aviva Investors Q: In the run ...

APAC data centre operator inks $2.1bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability linked loan (SLL). AirTrunk's SLL, which matures in 2025, is linked to targets including diversity and inclusion, carbon neutrality and improved efficiency in operating power usage effectiveness (PUE). PUE measures the energy efficiency ...

Greenpeace reveals greenwashing ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... uncovering the truth of corporate Australia's climate action claims, which examines the climate targets of 80 of the highest carbon emitting ASX200 companies. Greenpeace found that 41 of those 80 companies have now set net zero targets, but of that ...

Monetary Authority of Singapore hires chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... resilience against environmental risks; develop a vibrant green finance ecosystem to support Asia's transition to a low-carbon future; identify strategic green finance collaborations with regional and international counterparts; and reduce MAS' ...

Federated Hermes launches climate change high yield credit strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... international business of Federated Hermes has launched a high yield credit strategy that invests in securities that support a low carbon future. The Federated Hermes Climate Change High Yield Credit Strategy is seeded by and designed in partnership ...

SGX proposes mandatory TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... helping our issuers meet these demands and to build their resilience to climate risks. "Some business sectors are more carbon intensive and hence climate risks affect them more significantly compared to others. These should therefore be among the first ...

IFM Investors sets 2030 emissions target

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The $174 billion manager owned by industry funds will reduce the carbon footprint of its infrastructure assets by 40% by 2030, as it heads down the path to net zero by 2050. IFM Investors has set its interim emissions reduction target for the infrastructure ...

Boral to go net zero by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... renewable electricity for operations outside of the kiln, will happen by 2025, Todorcevski said. Boral will also address the carbon intensity of cement products by optimising the energy efficiency of its Berrima Cement kiln and accelerating adoption ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... addition to the work that the agricultural industry is doing to reduce emissions, the sector is uniquely poised to contribute carbon reduction services through environmental services such as carbon sequestration through soil and forestry. "It means we're ...

HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... were interested in going deeper into the value that mangroves provide, beyond just their ability to store and sequester carbon," said HSBC Australia head of corporate sustainability, Alpa Bhattacharjee. "We know that for Australia specifically, for example ...