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Deutsche Bank finances Taiwan's largest offshore wind farm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Taiwan's transition to renewable energy," commented Cynthia Chan, Deutsche Bank Taiwan CEO. "Our tailored project finance and risk management solutions for our clients have been instrumental in the buildout of Taiwan's renewable energy sector. "To date ...

"Looming" governance gap as reporting becomes mandatory

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Westpac Institutional Bank, Perpetual, and Allianz, among others. It found that governance is the chief factor in reducing risk in this new landscape, but boards are increasingly struggling to keep up with stakeholder expectations and regulatory risks ...

Mirova targets super funds in multi-billion dollar raise

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... about global warming and want to invest in the energy transition, but can't always find investments that meet their ESG, risk and return criteria. She confirmed that this is an opportunity worth exploring for funds that are facing challenges in finding ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... using today that are used for a lot of equity/fixed income portfolios. It has a place in the allocation model, there's a risk budget attached to it, and a return expectation attached to that. TPI is a global, asset-owner led initiative which tracks ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... integration: ongoing consideration of ESG factors within an investment analysis and decision-making process with the aim to improve risk-adjusted returns. Thematic investing: selecting assets to access specified trends. Stewardship: The use of investor ...

Impact investing as greenwashing antidote: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Balkrishna said. "Put t all together, it creates a much more water-tight investment framework. It also reduces greenwashing risk, which occurs when companies that do a whole bunch of non-green or bad stuff and only 1 to 2% of revenue is aligned to doing ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... "is an important measure that will support companies to develop their reporting maturity without undue fear of litigation risk" that will "incentivise entities to make high-quality disclosures on a best endeavours basis." A spokesperson told FS Sustainability ...

Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... banking sector and how the banks might respond to anticipated physical and transition risks. The results suggest that climate risk impacts are likely to be concentrated in specific regions and industries. University of Technology Sydney Institute for ...

A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... tenant to achieving the goal of reducing carbon emissions in line limiting global warming to 1.5°C. But there is investment risk related to the timing of when renewable energy generation is dispatched and the impact it has on spot energy prices and ...

VIC SEC is back with $1 billion renewable target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... sufficiently. "The key challenge that the SEC has to actually work to crowd in private capital," Buckley said. "I think that risk is real, but it's more than outweighed by the benefits to the people of Victoria." The SEC should attract investment ...