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Consultant launches responsible investment index for manager selection

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... managers implement, gain more clarity on positive screens, and eventually align manager activities to the Sustainable Development Goals, Ashton said. Ashton noted that the ESG funds that they evaluate within the index don't necessarily show financial ...

$150 million impact fund to target small companies for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... he labelled a type of philanthropy. Impact 2.0 is considering profit and impact in tandem, and he linked it to the development of ESG as a global integration strategy with reporting requirements around environmental and social sustainability. The industry ...

ARENA to provide finance for pumped hydro facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... million towards Genex's 50 MW Kidston Solar Project in 2016. ARENA also already provided funding for feasibility and development totalling $9 million towards the pumped hydro portion of the project. "Having championed this project from conception ...

Global digitalisation impacting environmental, social factors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... "Digitalisation is one of the great generational trends," Chamberlayne said. "It cuts across a lot of our sustainable development investment themes. Digitalisation impacts every part of the economy. Whether you look at financial services, transportation ...

Industry fund sets bar higher with Net Zero timing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... emissions. We will be including Scope 3 in this plan. We have unlisted assets in the portfolio and that will be part of the development plan that we will develop over the next period." NGS Super has previously spoken with its external managers about ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... itself has drawn attention to social issues more broadly among investors as well as brought more focus on human capital development," said Mans Carlsson, head of ESG research at Ausbil. "That was one of the catalysts, but not the only one. Other catalysts ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... from asset managers, as compared to approximately 50 in 2019. Strategies have evolved to include greater exposure to development risk, use of less conventional technologies, investing in new geographies and greater specialisation. bfinance also points ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... helping us to achieve this target." The net zero carbon strategy for the portfolio is focused on investing in the development and operation of efficient, low carbon, healthy and sustainable multifamily assets that attract and retain residents by supporting ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... a part of investment activities, which also link to overarching frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Signori added. The firm is also enhancing diversity within its operations, across asset classes, as part of its Equity ...

Calculating the social cost of carbon: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... assessments, Chi said. Chi noted that carbon emissions are the biproduct of the Industrial Revolution, and economic development that has brought wealth to many around the world. "But there are emissions that haven't been used wisely," Chi said. Cutting ...