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FY22 budget proposes "technology not taxes" for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... "Australia is playing its part on climate change, having met our 2020 commitments and on track to meet and beat our 2030 target," Frydenberg said in the speech. "Australia is on the pathway to net zero and our goal is to get there as soon as we possibly ...

CBRE hires APAC ESG research lead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
CBRE has hired Sameer Chopra to head its Pacific research team and lead ESG research for the Asia Pacific region. Chopra will join CBRE in July. He is currently head of Australian research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "We continually strive to ...

Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
It is possible to generate positive real world social and environmental outcomes through investment in a variety of asset classes while also generating financial returns, according to an expert panel at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

APAC investors ahead of North America on climate action: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Institutional investors in Asia Pacific are more likely than their counterparts in North America to take action on climate change, but investors in Europe are still leading the pack, according to PGIM. PGIM recently surveyed 101 institutional investor ...

Property fund inks multi-billion dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Australia's largest sustainability linked loan (SLL) has been inked, providing nearly $3 billion in finance linked to ESG improvements across a diversified property portfolio. Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) has completed the SLL transaction ...

AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund hits net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... agreement, the AWOF) has achieved Zero Net Carbon for its internally managed assets from 1 January 2021, ahead of its 2030 target. The renewable energy procurement strategy is one of a number of initiatives towards achieving Zero Net Carbon across AMP ...

First Sentier launches private debt strategy with renewable energy assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... investing JPY20 trillion yen (AUD 238billon) into sustainability related financing globally by 2030. MUFG achieved 19% of this target being achieved in its first year of the strategy - the 2019 financial year, ahead of target, and MUFG recently announced ...

Client demand pushing action on ESG conversation: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... also asking questions about access to the impact investing sector. Impact investing refers to investments that explicitly target social and/or environmental performance. In most cases, access to impact investments is limited to private wealth clients,including ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... agreements, onsite solar and large-scale generation certificate (LGC) deals, Coles has hit 70% of its renewable electricity target, once the agreements commence. Under the agreements, Coles will purchase LGCs generated from ENGIE and Neoen. LGCs are ...

ASX100 ESG underperformers in global manager's crosshairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... (50%) were in the United States, five companies (36%) were in the United Kingdom, and two (14%) were in Australia. "We did target companies in Australia, with particular focus on looking at director independence on key committees,and independence of ...