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BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Investors integrating low-carbon transition objectives into their portfolios can now access an ETF based on Asian companies dedicated to reducing carbon emissions. With climate transition increasing in urgency across the Asia region, countries face ...

Responsible investment AUM declines but uptake increases: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Assets under management in the responsible investment industry dropped by nearly $250 billion in 2022, according to the latest Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) report. For the first time in years, the total Responsible Investment ...

Impact investment unlocks land finance for Traditional Owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The Kullilli people of far south-west Queensland have acquired their traditional lands at Thargomindah Station through a financing partnership underpinned by cabon farming. The Kullilli Bulloo River Aboriginal Corporation (KBRAC) have purchased at auction ...

Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The passage of the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund means an assured, long-term financing pool to support the development of social and affordable housing in conjunction with private investment. After negotiation in the Senate with crossbench ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Business and investors acceptance of the need to decarbonise Australia's economy is "irreversible," said newly appointed Net Zero Economy Agency chair Greg Combet. "It's seemingly overwhelming accepted that significant decarbonisation of the ...

New net zero standard for miners

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
While mining companies are essential providers of the materials needed for clean energy technologies, they also face significant transition risks. A new pilot benchmark will provide investors with the necessary metrics to help assess diversified mining ...

New Asia-based carbon standards body promises quality carbon credits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
A new carbon credit certifier with a focus on urban and tech-based solutions to decarbonise megacities and aims to have up to 100 projects in a year's time. The Asia Carbon Institute (ACI) has been launched in Singapore and Hong Kong and will focus ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Investors and asset managers are now focused on achieving low carbon intensity - yet analysis finds that low carbon intensity does not necessarily produce alignment with climate goals and can hide efforts needed to decarbonise companies in the real ...

NZ case for green hydrogen-powered flight

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Six international businesses including Fortescue Metals have joined forces to call for green hydrogen-fueled aircraft in New Zealand, which they say could remove up to 900,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050. The group New Zealand Hydrogen ...

Australian Unity inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Unity has signed a $50 million sustainability linked loan (SLL), linked to performance against the company's Community and Social Value (CSV) Framework. The announcement comes as the wellbeing provider announces a total $1.76 billion ...