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Global investors set net zero target, implementation lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... will use - "Fourteen percent investors with a net-zero target targets in place say their current approach is to completely divest from oil and gas companies and 23% with a net zero target say they will do this in the next two years," Robeco said. For ...

Australian Ethical divests from Lendlease over koala concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Concerns over the survival of a healthy koala colony in south-western Sydney has triggered Australian Ethical to divest its holdings in Lendlease Group. Australian Ethical has sold its shares in Lendlease over the planned development at Mt Gilead in ...

The active advantage in sustainable investment: Pengana

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... positions in companies that are moving towards better management of ESG risks and opportunities, there has to be the option to divest from securities of companies that continue to underperform. "That's something that really works best when there's ...

Experts weigh net zero risks, opportunities of Origin Energy bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... the consortium bid and exploration of Origin's upstream permits Kater said. Earlier this year, Origin announced it would divest its interest in the Beetaloo Basin, and announced an intention to exit its upstream exploration permits. EIG had previously ...

bfinance sounds alarm on "overly simplistic" carbon targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
Investors face potentially serious pitfalls if they apply "overly simplistic" carbon-reducing targets in equity portfolios, according to bfinance. The independent investment consultant identified a restricted manager universe, sub-optimal or unintended ...

Climate risk warning on government bond yields

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
The transition risks of climate change are being underestimated in their impacts on government bond yields and investors need to pay more attention to how transition risk will impact the liquidity and stability of sovereign debt markets, according to ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... funds under management across these options as at 30 June 2022. Activist group Market Forces called on UniSuper to fully divest from fossil fuels. "UniSuper must loudly and proudly divest from all companies that are undermining global climate goals by ...

HESTA ups the ante on AGL, Santos on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
HESTA has placed AGL, Origin, Santos and Woodside on a watchlist over concerns that their stated climate strategies do not meet the transition pathway to containing global warming at 1.5˚C. The $68 billion super fund has also lifted its 2030 emissions ...

NGS Super divests from oil and gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... plan the trajectory for how it can transition its portfolio to meet the 2030 target. In May the fund flagged that it would divest from stocks that they deem a stranded asset. "We didn't [divest] in 2021 off the back of our initial establishment of ...

Resource efficiency a marker for investment performance: Osmosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... sector will suffer significant value destruction and those that from an ethical or environmental perspective have elected to divest from the sector and those that believe in both. They are not necessarily mutually exclusive. "From a returns perspective ...