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Cromwell Property Group sets net zero carbon target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Cromwell Property Group has set a target of achieving a net zero carbon emission target by 2050. Cromwell has disclosed its target and progress across sustainability metrics in its 2020 sustainability report. The property group acknowledged the impacts ...

Super fund backs microgrid battery storage development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
An industry superannuation fund has made an investment in a microgrid battery storage development to capture renewable energy in New York City and Texas. Aware Super has invested US$30 million in SER Capital Partners' New York City microgrid projects ...

Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... on long term investment outlooks. These reports all highlight risks and opportunities as countries set goals to meet the target of limiting climate change to an increase of 1.5 degrees by 2050. Asset consultants spoke generally about reports by managers ...

Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Companies in Australia expect an increase in sales as a direct result of efforts to incorporate sustainability in their business, according to a survey from HSBC. According to HSBC's Navigator survey, 84% of Australian companies expect sales growth ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Aviva Investors has launched a fund a climate-change fund that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index by ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
The world's third largest asset manager will join Climate Action 100+, the world's largest investor engagement initiative on climate change. State Street Global Advisors, which has nearly USD $3.2 trillion in assets under management (AUM), will sign ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... remuneration becomes challenging. "A lot of these things are not easy to quantify, and therefore if you have a subjective target and subjective criteria, it's hard to measure that," Singh said.

Integrating climate impacts in quant strategies: Acadian Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... includes looking at emissions reductions targets, policies, how aggressive they are, what they are, who's responsible for the target, is it within management KPIs, all to get a sense of where companies are likely to be in the future." Picone noted that ...

Industry super cuts emissions exposures by 40%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
An industry superannuation fund has cut the carbon emission exposures of its equities portfolios by 40% over the previous year through the introduction of carbon-constrained benchmarks. Aware Super has created a new series of listed equities benchmarks ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Robeco noted. In addition to divestment policies to decarbonize broad equity portfolios, investors could also explicitly target investments in companies that help the transition to a low or zero-carbon society. Investors are "generally well aware" of ...

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Green Moves: ACSI, PRI, HOPE Housing

ELIZABETH FRY
PRI chief executive steps down, while ACSI strengthens its ESG team with a Greenfluence founder and HOPE Housing hires a director to raise capital.

Industry fund dumps sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
Prime Super will remove the SRI Balanced option from its investments lineup, citing its poor performance.

Proposals against ESG, DEI to increase: Proxy advisor

MATT TOLEDO
Shareholder engagement is likely to change this year, ISS-Corporate says.

Australians reject net zero targets, polling claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
New polling suggests Australians are still not convinced a move to net zero is in their best interests, much preferring the government focus on affordability and reliability.

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