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Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... cut carbon emissions from the initial Paris Agreement in 2016. Australia has committed to implementing an economy-wide target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28% below 2005 levels by 2030, according to the latest NDC. By not having a strong ...

Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... make sure the transition is secure. That's why it's important to have a realistic approach to this. We want to see a smart target, basically having these targets that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound. Our impact framework ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... discretion of the issuer," he said. "But it starts to hit at the idea of best practice. The questions are, if you don't hit the target, is there a strong enough disincentive to prevent that. Should issuers be more aggressive on the penalties? "As a company ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... But what we call enhanced is that first of all, the targets will be firmly linked to our portfolio exposures, so we will target key emitters in key impact sectors, and secondly, we will create a scoring system with an escalation model that if the scores ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Interest in impact investing is quickly increasing, and while strategies are growing across multiple asset classes, fund managers are developing strategies to capture the positive environmental ...

Australian Ethical tops $5 billion in assets under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... through a combination of record net inflows during the period and strong investment performance. Australian Ethical set the target of reaching $5 billion AUM by 2020 in 2015, when funds stood at $1.4 billion, said Mark Simons, Australian Ethical CFO. ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... the approach to gender diversity that SSGA has conducted. "If you look at our Fearless Girl campaign, we started with the target of having one female director, and we continued to expand the focus across geographies and escalated the guidelines," Colton ...

Australia's Paris Agreement carbon commitments criticised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... climate change," the submission states. "Under a Paris Agreement applicable to all, Australia will implement an economy-wide target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030." This is in line with Australia's NDC ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Water presents a severe investment risk but also a transformational investment opportunity, according to DWS. DWS noted that investors will have to address water risks both as fiduciaries for clients' investment and to deploy capital for sustainable ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change and renewables, governance, and supply chains are the top 2021 priorities for institutional investors, according to a recent survey from Bank of America. "We expected climate to be important because everything is moving in that direction ...