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Stewart Investors identifies progress to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors Sustainable Funds Group has identified that more than half of its portfolio is invested in companies that are making direct or indirect contributions to climate change solutions, while building towards a net zero 2050 target. The Sustainable ...

Risk management includes expanded ESG list: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Risk management "begins and ends with the board" and includes a full range of ESG risks including climate change, modern slavery, nature loss and social risks, according to an updated risk management guide from the Governance Institute. Risk management ...

Zurich accelerates net zero commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... portfolio by 25% by 2025, Zurich will aim to have a carbon neutral portfolio by 2050. Zurich's global operational net zero target has been accelerated from 2050 to 2030, said Zurich head of strategy and sustainability Shaneen Marshall. "We've ...

UniSuper sustainability exec departs for Vanguard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... on long term risks and opportunities of our investments to members in a decarbonising economy." UniSuper set a net zero target in 2020, and at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual conference earlier this year, Dixon explained ...

Brambles sets 2040 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Logistics company Brambles has announced that it will achieve its net zero target by 2040, ten years earlier than first pledged. As part of that new deadline, Brambles has set 2030 interim targets approved by the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) ...

ANZ creates head of environmental markets role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
ANZ Institutional has created the role of head of environmental markets, a role designed to expand the bank's environmental sustainability strategy. Andreas Kodell has been appointed as ANZ's inaugural head of environmental markets, reporting jointly ...

Podcast: How to create and communicate a decarbonisation strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
In this episode brought to you by MFS Investment Management, we discuss decarbonisation, and how a net-zero strategy can be used to communicate not only investment strategies, but also a narrative belief to key groups including clients, super fund members ...

Warning on climate risk if net zero targets not achieved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
If current net zero commitments aren't sufficient to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, investors need re-assess physical, adaptation and transition risks and opportunities in their portfolios, according to abrdn. Jeremy Lawson, chief economist ...

Ninety One hires sustainability director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Global investment manager Ninety One has named a new sustainability director. Daisy Streatfeild comes to the global active fund manager from the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), where she served as programme director. As sustainability ...

Net zero targets shift investments, narrative for funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Sustainability is a media partner to the conference. "From UniSuper's perspective, one of the reasons why we put in place a net zero target was to support and enable our investments team to speak more proactively to some of the engagement and the impacts ...