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Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... environmental information absolutely impacts," he said. "Do we consider environmental risk and transition risk to a zero carbon environment when we're considering commercial finance more broadly? The answer is yes, absolutely. That's a part of ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Aviva Investors has launched a fund a climate-change fund that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index by ...

Integrating climate impacts in quant strategies: Acadian Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... introduce environmental ideas within the metrics as well so that we're able to measure the component of value that's driven by carbon, or if there's a valuation premium/discount that takes into account carbon risks. "There are signals across the ESG ...

Industry super cuts emissions exposures by 40%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
An industry superannuation fund has cut the carbon emission exposures of its equities portfolios by 40% over the previous year through the introduction of carbon-constrained benchmarks. Aware Super has created a new series of listed equities benchmarks ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... equity portfolios, investors could also explicitly target investments in companies that help the transition to a low or zero-carbon society. Investors are "generally well aware" of the threats that climate change pose, and are starting to look at how ...

Hydrogen's role in the green economy

ANTOINE CHAMPENIER  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... have often been full of promise yet short on delivery. So far, the element's uses have mostly been limited to large-scale, carbon-heavy industries. However, we believe hydrogen's potential in clean energy solutions is now becoming apparent, supported ...

AGL, ARENA in $8m electric vehicle charging study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... who participate in the trial will receive regular bills credits, offsets for their household emissions through AGL's new Carbon Neutral product, and access to an app which would allow them to set their charging preferences and be notified of charging ...

State of the climate report confirms need for climate-aware investing: Future Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... southeast and southwest of the continent, and rising sea levels. The report also cited continued increase in global annual mean carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentrations reaching 410 ppm in 2019 and the CO 2 equivalent (CO 2 -e) of all greenhouse gases reaching ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... forward looking, and it gives a total portfolio view of risks and opportunities that arise from the transition to a zero carbon economy." ACT allows investors to examine climate risk and currently covers listed assets and provide guidance for other asset ...

Companies pledge 100% renewable energy by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... energy providers. The transition to 100% renewable energy is a "practical step" to meeting its goal of being net positive carbon emissions by at least 2050, Woolworths said. "We're proud to be joining RE100 and contributing to the collective effort towards ...