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BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... owners in Asia and a member of the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance. The ETF tracks the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Climate Action Index, part of the suite of MSCI Climate Action Indexes introduced in late 2022 that adopt a bottom-up approach, selecting the ...

Australian Ethical crowned most sustainable

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... surprise. Managers with advanced or leader ratings have demonstrated consistent commitment to sustainability." The three largest index-fund managers, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are restricted with regards to sustainability in part because most ...

Asia ahead in Science Based Targets race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... targets was Japan at 201, followed by the UK at 181 and the US at 109. At the close of 2022, 40% of companies on the NIKKEI index, Japan's stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, had set science-based targets. China saw the steepest growth curve ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Management's people and planet diversified fund generated a notable gross return of 10.6% compared to 9.0% from the SR50 Balanced Index for FY23. With $101.2 million assets under management, the fund is governed by an ethical and impact investment policy ...

ASX200 skirts Scope 3 disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... have declined by 9% due to companies having met their short-term targets and due to a combination of changes in the ASX200 index. 14% of companies with net zero commitments have no interim targets. In 2017 when the TCFD was released, just 10% of companies ...

Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... liable to mislead the public in representing that all securities in the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund (Hedged) (Fund) were screened against certain ESG criteria." ASIC said investments in the fund were based on the Bloomberg ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Vanguard for allegations of greenwashing in a bond fund raises the question of whether the market regulator will crack down on index providers and other third-party service providers for greenwashing as well. Last month, ASIC announced it is taking Vanguard ...

Climate resilience needed to dodge $442b VIC loss by 2100

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... insurance event in the world that year," Hall said. ICA urged government to extend the five-year disaster resilience funding, index disaster mitigation funding from 2023-24 so it does not fall in real terms, invest the full amount of budgeted funding ...

ASIC takes Vanguard to court over further greenwashing claims

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC is taking Vanguard to court over greenwashing allegations relating to a global bond index fund. This is the second time the market regulator has taken action against Vanguard over greenwashing. ASIC has lodged civil penalty proceedings in federal ...

Schneider: Digitalisation key to dodging energy shocks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... longitudinal study investigating corporate Australia's position on sustainability and energy efficiency. Sustainability Index 2023 found that sustainability is now top of mind for Australian businesses, with almost half (43%) now concerned about ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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