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Australians expect ethical investing: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Corp certification means. The challenge for us now is looking at more consumers joining. "Our proposition isn't to get green consumers. The challenge is for 100% of our members to be w/ a socially responsible bank. It's It's built in, not ...

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
... where we're going and this is what we need in terms of data." The methodology will also be used to establish whether green bonds should have a particular weighting or discount for the nature of the underlying assets. "We have a portion of the fund ...

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 ...

NSW rail operator signs $1.8 billion green sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
A NSW passenger train PPP has become the latest entity to sign a $1.8 billion, 21-year green sustainability-linked loan (GSSL). Reliance Rail, which is responsible for the design, manufacture and maintenance of 78 Waratah passenger trains and the maintenance ...

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 ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... will be buying these assets differs in different market. "From a global point of view, in Europe, Total is the leader in green energy," Pittard said. "Total is a corporate buyer that will make it more difficult for a private equity firms or alternative ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... companies following good ESG practices "resulting in low and/or decreasing carbon intensity," and sustainable bonds, including green bonds, sustainability linked bonds, transition bonds and social bonds. The fund will also use negative screening to exclude ...

Australian Ethical sees net inflows surge upward

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... "... What that means is that the 45% increase in operating expenses should harvest great yield, and we're seeing early green shoots on that. We knew that we were going to increase our operating expense, and the linkage between the two we're very ...

Climate change a macro trend, driving secular themes: J. P. Morgan Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Climate change is a mega-trend that is driving long-term secular themes, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Josh Berelowitz, portfolio manager, macro strategies team at J.P. Morgan Asset Management said that climate change, widespread technology ...