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UniSuper waters down 'volatile' environmental option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
UniSuper is refreshing the investment strategy for its Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option, effective March 28. The major change will be lowering the threshold for companies to qualify for inclusion in the strategy. "Due to the concentrated ...

BlackRock ditches diversity targets, drops hiring mandates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
BlackRock has scrapped its "aspirational workforce representation goals" and will no longer require hiring managers to interview a diverse slate of candidates, according to an internal memo from chief executive Larry Fink and senior executives. The ...

First Sentier terminates ESG infra fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... from sustainable development as designed by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including renewables companies, water utilities, and toll roads. This involved looking at the capital expenditure of each company and mapping it against the SDGs ...

Australia's ecosystems get a dollar value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... represents the estimated amount farmers saved by feeding their livestock things like grass growing on their land. Meanwhile, water provisioning - the supply of naturally occurring surface water taken from ecosystems - was valued at $1.4 billion. Khoo ...

EV boom fuels lithium surge, but risks are significant

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... lithium deposits are found in arid regions. In Chile's Salar de Atacama the extraction process consumes vast quantities of water - figures suggest that operations may require hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of water annually. "By 2050, these nations ...

BlackRock moves on natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... acknowledged that natural capital is now an investable asset, not an externality. Traditionally, environmental factors like water, land, and biodiversity were seen as externalities - important, yet separate from financial models. BlackRock is now treating ...

Investors must take a long-term view: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The global policy landscape looks very different now from what it was in 2020-21, when investors, corporates and governments massively committed to net zero - amounting to 93% of global GDP and 88% of global emissions. By and large, governments have ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... dependence on healthy biodiversity and ecosystem, particularly agriculture, forestry, food manufacturing, construction, water and waste services, mining, real estate, transport, accommodation or hospitality. For this reason, natural capital is a key ...

Energy market not fit for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Renewable Energy Zones are not enough, both argue. CEIG calls on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to redesign NEM market settings to ensure both the coordination and the financeability of the investments at least cost ...

Looming climate audits expose talent crunch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Approved this week, Australia's new sustainability audit timelines have sparked concerns around the readiness of businesses scrambling to fill a skills shortfall. Thousands of progressively smaller entities will gradually fall under the mandatory disclosure ...