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Dire IPCC climate report should catalyse investor, business action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The dire warnings in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report should catalyse investors and companies to adjust targets and plans, according to industry groups. The IPCC's special report Global Warming of 1.5°C released this ...

Active Super turns to fixed income carbon on road to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... with the $14 billion super fund using new calculations as the basis for its interim planning to meet their 2050 net zero target. Active Super has calculated current fixed income emissions stand at around 538,000 tCO2e. By comparison, the fund says its ...

Scoping future winners from the green hydrogen transition: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
If green hydrogen becomes a feasible fuel source, the biggest investment opportunities will be in the renewable energy sector, according to Ausbil Investment Management. Green hydrogen is hydrogen that is created through using electricity from renewable ...

CEFC backs soil health technology platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... under the Australia Government National Soil Strategy and prioritised under the Low Emissions Technology Statement with the target of reducing the soil carbon measurement price from approximately $30 to less than $3 per hectare per year. The Clean Energy ...

NSW rail operator signs $1.8 billion green sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... align to four metrics, with an Infrastructure Sustainability Council ('ISC') Operations Rating score as the cornerstone target. ISC is Australia's leading infrastructure sustainability body, and an Operations Rating will assist Reliance Rail to focus ...

PwC Australia appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
PwC Australia has hired an industry veteran as its first chief sustainability officer. Janette O'Neill joins PwC Australia from QBE Insurance, where she has been group head of sustainability since 2017. In her new role, O'Neill will provide leading ...

The challenge of evaluating impact investing's fundamentals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... explain to clients what "success" looks like in an in impact portfolio, because there will always be compromise between target social our environmental incomes versus products on offer and financial return. "Advisers play that role in helping clients ...

Cyber security, COVID and climate change cap CEO concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Cybersecurity risk, COVID-19 and climate change are the top three threats to growth, according to Australia's CEOs. PwC has issued the 25 th CEO survey, which included the views of 50 Australian CEOs as part of the cohort. Overall, Australia's CEOs ...

Using ESG signals part of shorting strategy: Plato Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... positions in companies with better-than-average carbon footprints, and will not use carbon credits to maintain the net zero target. "If we're looking at Europe, we see that high emitting companies are systemically underperforming low emitting companies," ...

CEFC, super funds allocate to IFM Investors private equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has allocated $80 million towards an IFM Investors private equity fund. The IFM Investors Private Equity Growth Partners Fund invests in Australian-based mid-market growth companies and aims to accelerate ...