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CEFC doubles investment in Artesian bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... activities," the CEFC said. Artesian will also expand its own internal reporting tool, to assess the reporting frameworks on climate risk and financed emissions disclosures provided by underlying issuers, including baseline development of companies' ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... "On a go-forward basis, capital allocation models and frameworks are moving from a world with traditional two dimensions of risk and returns to incorporating that third element - how do I fulfill risk and return goals and meet goals around sustainability ...

Australian sustainable finance taxonomy to feature traffic-light system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's future taxonomy defining sustainable financial activity should adopt a traffic-light colour coded framework to allow financial products to be distinguished based on their alignment to sustainable activities. That is one of the recommendations ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Disclosures (TNFD) has released the final draft framework, Version 0.4, which will help companies navigate their nature-related risk. The new TNFD draft framework is the fourth and final draft of all core elements and includes metrics, target setting ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Origin, Rio Tinto and South 32 appear on the list, which surveyed how 50 Asian listed companies are responding to climate risk and decarbonisation targets. Barclays identified these 50 companies - which collectively are responsible for around 20% of ...

Insured losses from natural catastrophes $150 billion in 2022

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... driver for increasing losses. For our industry this is a call both to reflect the latest exposure even more carefully in risk assessments while continuing to support society in being better prepared." This comes as inflation increases the nominal value ...

AGL saved from HESTA divestment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
HESTA, the Australian industry superannuation fund for workers in health and community service sectors, has removed AGL from its list of companies marked for divestment. This comes as Damien Nicks was appointed CEO of AGL in January. The energy company ...

Brookfield consortium to buy Origin Energy for $18.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
A consortium of investors including Brookfield and MidOcean Energy have committed to buying Origin energy for $18.7 billion. The consortium has entered into a scheme implementation deed with Origin Energy to acquire the company at a price of $8.91 per ...

Apostle Funds Management launches carbon credit fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... with an active management component that delivers greater opportunity for alpha and provides superior returns at a lower risk," Apostle added. The fund is constructed using a mixture of physical credits and futures. The carbon fund is likely to sit as ...

Global investors set net zero target, implementation lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Nearly half of the world's largest institutional investors have made commitments to net zero by 2050, and are now turning to the tougher task of implementing on those commitments, according to Robeco. Robeco has released its annual Climate Survey, a ...