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BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies. Both ETFs have a tilt towards "climate leaders" - companies that exhibit best performance in their industries from a carbon emission perspective. Both ETFs screen out companies with material exposure to fossil fuel, gambling, tobacco, armaments ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Street Global Advisors. "A growing number of our clients are looking for climate solutions that do more than just reduce carbon exposure. They also want to allocate capital to more sustainable companies generating green revenues and those actively adapting ...

Majority of Australians want greater action on climate change: Glow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... citizens surveyed in all countries, except nuclear-free New Zealand, are in support of nuclear power as an alternative to carbon. "In the US, currently home to 98 operating nuclear power plants, 46% are for, 25% are against nuclear power," the report ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Deirdre Cooper, portfolio manager, Ninety One. "This will expand investment opportunities across all three pathways to a low-carbon future: renewable energy, electrification and energy efficiency. Encouragingly, the EU clearly sees greening the economy ...

Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... March, versus a -7.77% return for the MSCI World Index over the same period. The strategy also has "little exposure to carbon-intensive businesses such as travel, oil and energy, which have been severely affected by travel restrictions and the steep ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... thermal coal exclusion. We want to do some research to test that exclusion in its current state as we transition to the low carbon economy. It needs to be backed up by research. That will trigger a review of our exclusions, but will also trigger a review ...

Future Business Council to close, join BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... recovery emerging from the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Really, this is about seizing the opportunity of a low carbon future thru both fundamentally changing modes of generation through renewables, the ability of Australia to become an energy ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Emily Woodland, head of sustainable investment, AMP Capital AMP Capital noted that there has been a short-term drop in carbon emissions during the pandemic, but the shutdown of economic activity that caused that drop is not a sustainable solution. "There ...

IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
IFM investors is reporting a nearly 8% reduction in carbon emissions across its Australian infrastructure portfolio in the 2018/2018 financial year. Chris Newton, head of responsible investing at IFM Investors. The IFM Investors' FY 2019 Australian ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... transition," said Julien Vincent, Market Forces executive director. ""Rio's scope 3 emissions are massive - comparable to the carbon footprint of Australia. This is a staggering level of climate risk for any company, and hence for any investor, to bear. ...