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BNPP AM releases "biodiversity footprint" for investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... wider ESG scoring model, while making sure that the biodiversity footprint doesn't lead to a double-counting of carbon emissions, which are already integrated into the model, Poujade said. "The aim is of course not to stop at reporting of negative impacts ...

CEFC allocates $2m to airlines emissions solution developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... (CEFC) has allocated $2 million to an Australian manufacturing company developing a solution to combat aviation carbon emissions. CEFC has joined venture capitalist Bill Tai and Amanda Terry of ACTAI Ventures in providing seed funding to MicroTau, which ...

Qantas Super in $2bn climate risk mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Goldman Sachs Asset Management is part of that first phase, which will see the super fund target a 24% reduction in carbon emissions across Qantas Super's investment portfolio by 2025, from a baseline of 30 June 2020. "Climate change represents a risk ...

US SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... heels of the SEC proposing sweeping new rules stipulating that US listed companies will be required to report on carbon emissions, climate-related goals and transition plans and climate-related risk assessment. As part of the proposed rules, companies ...

Strong flow of new ESG funds brought to market: Equity Trustees

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... carbon neutral by 2050 world, there is more investment appetite in that. Some managers are also looking to have a carbon emissions overlay, and their products have to price those carbon credits. "We are also seeing more products linked to the Sustainable ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... technology and services can yield not only technology gains, but also assist Australian companies in reducing carbon emissions, according to research from Deloitte. In a recent report, Deloitte noted that cloud-based technologies are "five times more ...

ESG indicators a risk warning for credit: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... environmental risk they can take on. It's like a budget - increasingly, over time, you need a trajectory to cut your carbon emissions, or we are not going to fund you." First Sentier research suggests that companies' management of ESG-related issues ...

Alcoa alumina refining project receives ARENA funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... statement. "Electric calcination, when powered with renewable energy, has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions." Electrification of calciners would allow for residual energy, currently lost as steam, to be captured and reused, which ...

Australian Retirement Trust hires head of sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... 's 2021 roundtable on the r oad to net zero 2050, noting that Cbus Super's goal was to seek the removal of carbon emissions in underlying assets, rather than just removing carbon risk to portfolio by divesting from the heaviest emitters.

QIC adds office fund to net zero commitment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
QIC has upped the ante on its 2028 net zero carbon emissions goals for its real estate holdings by adding its more than $300 million office fund to the commitment. The $328 million QIC Office Fund (QOF) is part of QIC's $17.2 billion real estate portfolio ...