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Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... The briefing found green bond issuance in Hong Kong was down by 5% in 2019 in comparison with the previous year, with low-carbon buildings dominating use of proceeds. Green bonds from Hong Kong issuers in 2019 totalled US$2.6 billion from six issuers ...

Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... investors to ensure that isn't a paper outcome, manifests in real world outcomes. Whether that means Woodside investing in carbon storage and capture, whether it means not going ahead with certain projects, which is certainly on the table, in the current ...

Vietnam a source of green infrastructure projects, pipeline: CBI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the market to finance green infrastructure projects in Vietnam. The 16 potential projects cover in renewable energy, low carbon transport, water infrastructure and waste management, while the sample pipeline covers projects in low carbon transport, renewable ...

Morningstar acquires outstanding majority of Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... company-level ESG ratings; a global sustainability index family; and a large span of sustainable portfolio analytics that includes carbon metrics and controversial product involvement data. With this acquisition, Morningstar said it plans to continue ...

Brokers recognised for research at ESG Research Australia awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... researched within the finance industry. Nominated research covered each of the environmental, social and governance topics, with carbon risk, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the social issue of obesity, and the Banking Royal Commission all areas ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... digitisation of the global economy and electronic payments." The fund focuses on long-term megatrends such as reducing carbon emissions and improving sustainability and is benchmarked to deliver returns over the the MSCI World Index over three months ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... growth paths across the region," Kidney said. "Watch this flower blossom. Action now, to re-start economies on a lower carbon pathway, is the key to avoiding a climate crisis and the associated costs of crisis response and bring about the huge benefits ...

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... of those that are best practice at the moment. In parallel, there should be a push to invest in the development of zero carbon technologies that are available in the next decade." The report points to existing technologies in heavy-emitting sectors such ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... underwriting insurance, equity investors increasingly need to consider the regulatory and reputational risk of corporate carbon emissions when allocating capital. This is no longer just a focus for large-cap asset managers, with a greater number of small ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... closely," said Brynn O'Brien, ACCR executive director. "I imagine that there will be a push for AGMs to become virtual. From a carbon emissions and cost perspective, those things are good, but it needs to be counterbalanced by a greater formalisation ...