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Sustainability, growth drive NextGen family business: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... generations are focused on growth, but only half of the current generation believe their business has a responsibility to fight climate change and its consequences, compared to the nearly three-quarters of NextGens. A similarly high percentage of NextGens ...

Investor backing for Say on Climate votes: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's largest super funds and the world's largest investment managers backed most "Say on Climate" votes in 2021, according to analysis from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). There were 19 'Say on Climate' votes on company ...

Stone & Chalk takes on climate tech

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Tech incubator Stone & Chalk Group is expanding its support of climate tech start-ups and scaleups to catalyse tech-driven climate solutions. Stone & Chalk will work with climate technology founders to leverage solutions that have a positive impact ...

Low carbon ETF launches on SGX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... carbon-efficient processes, irrespective of companies' size and total emissions, and is a metric recommended by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures. "Investors who are sustainability conscious are spoilt for choice given the surfeit ...

Ninety One hires sustainability director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... sustainability director. Daisy Streatfeild comes to the global active fund manager from the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), where she served as programme director. As sustainability director, Daisy will be responsible for implementing ...

HSBC funds blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Bhattacharjee. "From an HSBC perspective, we've been very clear in our intention to scale up our investments into nature-based climate solutions," she said. "Part of that, if you want to consider it a blended finance approach, is that there is a role ...

Emmi launches Carbon Intelligence platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... investment decisions influence the extent of carbon exposure relative to peers and benchmarks. "Most investors aren't climate experts, but they realise they have to invest and understand climate risk in the same context as any other risk," Emmi CEO ...

Redpoint poaches PMs from ART

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... sustainable investment strategist at ART, responsible for developing and implementing the fund's approach to managing climate change risks and opportunities, including aligning the fund to net-zero and the ambitions of the Paris Accord. Prior to joining ...

Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... a starting point for disclosure, according to Deloitte director, biodiversity and natural capital - sustainability and climate change Guy Williams, at the recent Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference. FS Sustainability was ...

New gas projects at risk under strong climate action: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... projects may have weaker returns if countries and companies implement policies in accordance with 1.5°C, Paris-aligned climate scenarios, according to research by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). IGCC's new report, hanging Pathways for ...