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How smart approaches to decarbonisation can generate alpha

TRAVIS WHITMORE  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are stripping emissions from their portfolios at an increasing pace Our data shows that from January 2019 to January 2021, global institutional portfolios reduced their carbon intensity by 25 percent. Research from State Street ...

ARENA backs concentrate solar power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has allocated $65 million in funding to a concentrated solar power plant in Port Augusta, South Australia. Vast Solar will construct VS1, a 30 MW / 288 MWh concentrated solar power (CSP). Funding for VS1 ...

Testing ESG impacts on US pension fund returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
There is no difference between investment returns for US state pension funds in "blue" states that might be more likely to integrate ESG investment principles and "red" states that are more likely to ban ESG investment strategies, according to Rainmaker ...

Government introduces gender pay gap bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
New legislation to close the gender pay gap has been introduced, requiring employers to publish pay gap data for increased transparency. The Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023 requires employers with 100 or more ...

Alphinity launches sustainable ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Alphinity Investment Management has listed two ETFs, including one based on their Global Sustainable Equity Fund. The Alphinity Global Sustainable Equity Fund (XASG) is a diversified portfolio of 25-40 leading global sustainable listed companies that ...

Super Housing Partnerships taps property leader as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Super Housing Partnerships (SHP) has named a property heavyweight as its new CEO. Carolyn Viney, former Vicinity executive and Grocon CEO, will join SHP, which is a specialist affordable housing fund manager focused on increasing the housing supply ...

IFM Investors commits to US biogas developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
IFM Investors is acquiring a majority stake in a US-based biogas developer, owner and operator. The purchase of GreenGasUSA is part of IFM Investor's IFM Net Zero Infrastructure Fund (IFM NZIF). It is the first investment into the low-carbon fuels sector ...

US attorneys general call out proxy advisers for "woke" agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
A coalition of US Republican states attorneys general have sent a letter to two proxy voting advisers, warning them over ESG-related recommendations to their states' investment vehicles including pension funds. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and ...

US states sue Biden administration over "woke" ESG rules

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Twenty-five American Republican state attorneys general are suing the US Department of Labor to halt new rules that would allow US-based retirement plans to consider ESG factors in their investment processes. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Utah ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
"Future facing commodities" and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards are the fastest rising topics of discussion in sustainability, while social issues are quickly rising to the fore with ASX-listed companies ...