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Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... across the globe and we'd like to thank all involved for their applications." "Conor has the ability and experience to lead a high-performing board, to provide ideas and thought leadership, to challenge and support the Executive (particularly as we go ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC's latest action against Vanguard for allegations of greenwashing in a bond fund raises the question of whether the market regulator will crack down on index providers and other third-party service providers for greenwashing as well. Last month ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... no effect on transition risk," he explained. "A coal power station might have low exposure to transition perspective, but high physical risk." He said physical and transition risk are "inversely related". "If we accept a high physical risk from not transitioning ...

La Trobe Uni issues $175m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
La Trobe University has issued a $175 million green bond that will fund projects in areas including renewable energy, green building, sustainable water and waste management and other initiatives. The Melbourne-based university's inaugural green ...

AustralianSuper grows global team with numerous hires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... expansion, the fund's deputy chief investment officer Damian Moloney emphasised the strategic importance of the recent high-calibre appointments. "Since opening our office in the UK seven years ago, we have sought the best talent to enable us to ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
A London-based think tank has found the world's largest asset managers may fail to meet their own 2050 net zero commitments, with support for climate-ambitious resolutions dropping considerably in 2022. InfluenceMap scored the world's 45 largest asset ...

Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Governments that manage climate change transition poorly may encounter difficulty finding investors to buy their sovereign debt. New research finds carbon dioxide emissions, natural resources rents, and renewable energy adoption statistically impact ...

Executive appointment roundup: Corporate Citizenship to DBS, UNHCR to TBI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... value. He will report to chief sustainability officer Helge Muenkel starting on 31 July. Ann Moey has left the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees after three and a half years to join the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change as Asia philanthropy ...

Climate resilience needed to dodge $442b VIC loss by 2100

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... University of Melbourne research shows that by 2100, almost every community along Victoria's coastline will be affected, with high density areas as well as public coastal reserves most affected. The costs outlined in the report demonstrate the need to ...

NGS tracking ahead on 2030 net zero pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... calculations relating to stranded assets, rather than Scope 1 and 2 emissions, said CIO Ben Squires. "Those companies tend to be high on Scope 3 but quite clever on managing Scope 1 and 2," Squires said. "We made active decisions to divest companies ...