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Sustainable, ethical super products fail performance test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Several sustainable, ethical and faith-based superannuation products have failed this year's superannuation performance test. Australian Retirement Trust's QSuper Socially Responsible option, three of Crescent Wealth's four investment options ...

RBA sets 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
The Reserve Bank of Australia has committed to a 2030 net zero target for all Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Speaking at the Sir Leslie Melville Lecture in Canberra, incoming governor Michele Bullock announced the target and said the central bank is ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Investing in adaptation and resilience measures will build long-term economic stability, but there are barriers preventing private investment, particularly in high-risk regions. Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy Jenny McAllister identified ...

Pact Group sells stake in crate pooling business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Integrated plastic recycling, reuse and packaging manufacturing Pact Group will sell half of its crate pooling business for $160 million to create a strategic partnership to grow the wash and distribution business. Morrison & Co, a global infrastructure ...

$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Prominent Asian utilities investors are actively engaging with companies to align executive remuneration with climate progress in their investment portfolios. Despite the welcome progress on climate, investors are calling for more accelerated climate ...

How investors manage risk in a new AI world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
In an era marked by the rapid ascent of generative artificial intelligence (AI), investors can potentially reap the rewards from a plethora of efficiency-maximising opportunities to automate core business processes in the companies they invest in. But ...

Blackstone closes record energy transition fund at $7.1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Closed at a hard cap of $7.1 billion, Blackstone Green Private Credit Fund III is the largest private credit energy transition fund ever raised. The fund is managed by Blackstone Credit's Sustainable Resources Platform, which provides private credit ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Ethical investment options may have now entered a phase where they are performing well compared to traditional funds. Last year the news hit headlines that just one-third of ethical managed investment funds have outperformed their non-ethical peers ...

S&P Global drops ESG letter ratings from credit reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
S&P Global Ratings has stopped providing new ESG scores when evaluating credit in an abrupt about-face. Effective immediately, the company announced it is no longer publishing new ESG credit indicators in our reports or updating outstanding ESG credit ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Many companies and investors have come out with public statements on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, with some questioning the effectiveness - and appropriateness - of such statements. Corporates are evaluating whether ...