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Integrating just transitions into climate calculations: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... investment specialist Jillian Reid noted that investors need to "get much better at connecting the economic with the environmental and the social impacts," particularly in the way that decisions around decarbonising companies and communities will impact ...

CBA announces $250 in green financing deals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... total another $250 million in green finance vehicles. IFM Investors has entered into a $200 million fixed-rate, Environmental, Social and Governance Term Deposit (ESG TD) with CBA. It is certified by an independent third party and used entirely for funding ...

Vestas Wind Systems call for federal support for energy grid transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
The federal government needs to invest in the national energy grid to support the transition to renewable energy, according to the head of Vestas Wind Systems Australia and New Zealand. "Though we've had great success in keeping up the rollout of ...

Property manager buys nearly 100,000 carbon credits for offsetting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... added. The carbon offsets surrendered on behalf of ISPT were generated by three projects: the Paroo River North Environmental Project, the Central Arnhem Land Fire Abatement Project and the Tallering Station Human Induced Regeneration Project. Two of ...

Bringing a human rights lens to climate risk considerations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... way we live on the planet," said KPMG director, human rights and social impact Meg Brodie. "The idea that we have environmental impacts and then we have impacts on people becomes a false dichotomy. In the way that we've set up the ESG conversation, we've ...

Vontobel to assess biodiversity impacts of portfolio investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Vontobel Asset Management will measure the biodiversity impacts of its Quality Growth Boutique after announcing a partnership with Carbon4 Finance and CDC Biodiversité. Vontobel has outlined its thesis that the connection between biodiversity management ...

ESG investing "fastest growing" priority for advisers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... advisers reported to Investment Trends that over 40% of clients have requested to buy or sell investments based on environmental issues, up from 24% in 2020. Almost two-thirds of advisers say that client demand would be the biggest driver for ESG investing. ...

Failing to manage ESG a severe risk to business: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... cited the example of biodiversity, which the report said will be seen "as a new asset class," with a new metric - environmental profit, the measurable benefit of a decision on the natural world, becoming a component of return on investment (ROI). "If ...

Sustainability moving from "why" to "how": Banksia Foundation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... and the environment. A B Corp is a company that is certified by B Lab as meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. "In the last 16 months, we've had over four thousand submissions to become ...

Not all net zero targets created equal: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... companies. We've engaged heavily over the years around corporate governance areas, and more recently on the environmental side has increasingly come up the agenda." Maple-Brown Abbott seeks to invest in infrastructure companies that have lower GHG ...