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Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
More than 530 investors have thrown their support behind global whole-of-government policy overhaul in an effort to reach net zero. The 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis letter released this week counts leading super ...

ClearBridge launches new ESG fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
ClearBridge Investments has launched the Global Value Improvers Fund, which aims to provide exposure to undervalued companies and those that are currently improving on ESG measures. This comes after ClearBridge launched its first global equity option ...

Fossil-fuel engagements require flexibility, not confrontation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
To move from agenda-setting to results, a dynamic approach is key for company engagement on issues that may take years to solve, according to top sustainability specialists. The finance sector has moved through a stage of agenda-setting in climate ...

Red alert for PFAS value chain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A US$684 billion investor group urges caution as global bans on PFAS 'forever chemicals' escalate - yet opportunities await those ahead of the curve. A MUFJ-owned think tank from subsidiaries First Sentier and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Nest is establishing an evergreen timberland fund and has its sights set on opportunities in Australia. The $70 billion workplace pension fund has enlisted Campbell Global, J.P. Morgan Asset Management's timberland investment advisory company, to ...

Asset managers fast track portfolio targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Net zero target setting and disclosures are on the rise amid growing concern around the financial risks of climate change, according to a group of 325 investors with over US$57.5 trillion AUM. The group - Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) - aims to decarbonise ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Investors are preparing for some market turbulence in the US after President Joe Biden pulled out of the race for President against Donald Trump. American Century chief investment officer Rich Weiss said Biden's decision to withdraw as the Democratic ...

Groups unite against carbon offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
A group of more than 80 global finance industry advocates bodies and nonprofits have come out against the use of carbon offsets, in a letter stating they only delay action. Signatories include Banktrack, Reclaim Finance, ShareAction, Finance Watch ...

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Climate philanthropists can maximise the impact of their donations by focusing their funding on decarbonising heavy industry exports, a study found. A report titled High-Impact Climate Giving in Australia by Giving Green, found that investors and philanthropists ...

Retail CSOs do a shuffle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Woolworths' chief sustainability officer (CSO) has taken a job with an Amsterdam-based supermarket and will be replaced by an Arnott's executive. Arnott's Simon Lowden was chief transformation officer at the biscuit brand, following a move ...