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Asset managers move climate targets in-house

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... confirmed Franklin Templeton's exit but said the initiative's signatory base has grown with 90 new investors joining globally since July 2023. That's "far more than those that have withdrawn during the same period," said Duncan Paterson, IGCC director ...

Big names back plastics phaseout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... plastics. Regulations "can only achieve so much," she said. "We need to move further and faster, to end plastic pollution globally." Nations have now agreed to meet again in 2025 at the second meeting of INC-5 (INC-5.2) in 2025 to attempt to finalise ...

Green moves: Fremantle Seaweed, Impact&ble, Emmi, Petuna Aquaculture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... with Alex and Pallavi," said Emmi founder and CEO Michael Lebbon. "Growing our engineering capability is key as we scale globally through FactSet. But what really excites me is how their combined expertise will help us push the boundaries of what's ...

BNPP AM launches Future Forest Fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... private investment offering. At the time, IWC was already overseeing more than $8.9 billion in timberland investments globally. "The Future Forest Fund illustrates the common vision we have with IWC to actively contribute to the environmental transition. ...

Podcast: How Trump will impact global clean energy and climate finance with Lachlan Carey

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... billion tons to 2030. Trump has vowed to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - one of the most impactful policies globally in driving clean energy investment. He will also wind back environmental protection laws, exit the Paris Agreement, and "Drill ...

COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... continue in its commitment of £11.6 billion of climate finance from 2021/2022 to 2025/2026. $120 million was pledged globally to the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund for energy efficient equipment, and $15 million by the UK for sustainable cooling ...

COP fails to bridge yawning funding gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... International Organization for Standardization (ISO) introduced new ESG Implementation Principles to streamline ESG practices globally, with input from 1,900 experts across 128 countries. According to the independent standard-setter, ESG regulations ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... local head of sustainable investing at Fidelity International said that investors should note that what might play out globally will be quite different at the company level. "Emissions reductions at a company level are unlikely to be linear, and dynamics ...

IGCC names climate champions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... categories align with key focus areas of the IGCC - an investor network with members managing more than $35 trillion globally. For her contribution to investor practice, First Sentier's global head of responsible investment Kate Turner was commended ...

Australia's chance to step up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... advantage of green export opportunities. However, HESTA was not so optimistic. The IRA, one of the most impactful policies globally in driving clean energy investment and manufacturing, will be dismantled under a second Trump administration, boosting ...