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Science-Based Targets an indicator of future climate action: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... income portfolios, according to Federated Hermes. The Science-based Target initiative (SBTi) is a partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide ...

Using quant approaches to implement climate change targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... manager. Acadian clients in Europe an Australia are coming to the fund manager with questions on how to implement lower carbon targets, Picone said. "It's tempting to just exclude some emissions intensive companies, which might get you on the way to ...

FY22 budget proposes "technology not taxes" for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... $275.5 million to accelerate the development of four additional hydrogen hubs in regional Australia, $263.7 million to carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects, and $279.9 million for purchasing emissions ...

FTSE Russell hires Jo Saleeba to head sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia and New Zealand are increasingly prioritising sustainable investments and the transition of portfolios to low carbon sectors in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement," Saleeba says. "High quality indices and data are an essential part ...

AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund hits net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
AMP Capital's Wholesale Office Fund (AWOF) has achieved net zero carbon status for its internally managed assets with a new renewable Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The PPA with Diamond Energy is linked to solar farms in central NSW. AMP Capital explains ...

Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... clients to look at building purposeful investment portfolios and wealth relationships. EY found that with climate change and carbon emissions (47%), better worker welfare and human rights (29%), and air and water pollution (24%) the top three ESG issues ...

New CEO search underway for IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... there is a core group of companies who are in almost everyone's portfolio that are responsible for the vast majority of carbon emissions in listed markets globally," she said. "And if you can get them to transition, the whole market's systemic ...

Calculating value of biodiversity: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Ambachtsheer said. "We can also think about cities as an ecosystem, because they are both a major contributor to pollution and carbon emissions and a major opportunity." BNP Paribas Asset Management is also seeking to leverage investment in unlisted ...

APRA emphasises "compounding effect" of climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... ensuring decisions are well-informed and appropriately consider both the risks and opportunities that the transition to a low carbon economy creates." Emma Herd, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) says the guide will "go a long way to ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... the transition risks," says Cyrus Taraporevala, president and chief executive officer, SSGA, said. "The goal of net-zero-carbon emissions by 2050 is consistent with our commitment to drive long-term value on behalf of our clients." The new signatories ...