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Australian Retirement Trust hires head of sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust has hired an ESG industry heavyweight in its first major appointment since finalising its merger in late February. Nicole Bradford joins Australian Retirement Trust as head of sustainable investment. She will join from Cbus ...

UBS hires ESG specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
UBS has recruited Camille Wynter as head of Australian ESG Research. Wynter - who has more than ten years' experience in sustainable finance - joins the investment banker from the Commonwealth Bank where she was director of sustainable finance. ...

Janus Henderson launches net zero active ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Janus Henderson Investors has launched a net zero active ETF on the ASX. The Janus Henderson Net Zero Transition Resources Active ETF (JZRO) is the fund manager's third active ETF in Australia and seeks to provide exposure to a diversified portfolio ...

"Alarming" lack of capex alignment to 1.5C goals: Climate Action100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The most carbon intensive companies in the world are not explicitly aligning their future capex plans with long-term greenhouse gas emission targets, Climate Action 100+ has found. New assessments released today by Climate Action 100+ show some corporate ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Sustainability reporting experts and climate specialists welcomed the release of the draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) but said more needs to be done on the language and metrics. The TNFD beta framework tackles the risk ...

UniSuper allocates to venture capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
UniSuper has allocated $75 million towards venture capital for its sustainable investment options. UniSuper has secured a relationship with Uniseed, an early-stage commercialisation fund manager. Established in 2000 and now owned by the Universities ...

Nanuk launches global sustainable equities ETP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Nanuk Asset Management has launched its first active exchange traded managed fund (ETMF). The ETMF, listed as NNUK on the ASX, is based on the Nanuk New World Fund, a global equities fund that invests in listed companies exposed to broad themes of environmental ...

CEFC reaches $10 billion landmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has hit the milestone of surpassing $10 billion in lifetime investment commitments in its nearly nine-year tenure. Since inception, the CEFC has drawn $5.4 billion from its original $10 billion funding allocation ...

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. ...

BlueScope steels itself for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
When BlueScope Steel announced last year it had set a 2050 net zero target, it was the beginning of a process to embed a decarbonisation strategy in a company in one of the hardest to abate industrial sectors. The commitment to reach net zero on scope ...