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Geopolitical tensions create investor opportunity: Franklin Templeton

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... investment, from modernising equipment and training to recalibrating supply chains and boosting domestic industrial production capacity." Catechis said the Russian war on Ukraine, for example, has compelled Europe and the broader global community to ...

Future Group ramps up screening

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... energy, and gambling. For tobacco however, there is a 5% threshold for distribution revenue and a 0% threshold for production. Future Group also owns Future Super and Verve, which have been marketed as sustainable super funds, and have much more comprehensive ...

Big names back plastics phaseout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... recent UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) session in South Korea. The biggest hurdles were the issues of production caps, program funding and chemical phaseout lists. The Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty said despite the ...

Investors dismiss US federal court case

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... substantial shareholdings in all major listed US coal producers to influence company policies, causing reduced coal production and higher energy prices. In response, a BlackRock spokesperson told FS Sustainability the allegations are baseless. "The suggestion ...

Investors welcome Future Made in Australia bills

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... (GO) scheme to authenticate low-emissions products and support renewables. Also, the House of Representatives passed a production tax incentive for hydrogen and critical minerals, which allows Indigenous Business Australia to invest in First Nations ...

BNPP AM launches Future Forest Fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... (USD$500 million). Timberland or commercially managed forests are expected to take up a larger share of global wood production as more businesses demand sustainably produced wood. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) forecasts that wood demand ...

Why climate-linked exec pay fails

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... challenges in aligning long-term commitments with meaningful short-term action. Sectors like mining and industrial production showed direct conflict between short-term growth targets and climate targets with longer-term economic benefits. Clear short ...

Unloved sector poised to reap rewards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... agri-food sector is often overshadowed by more visible industries like energy and transportation." By investing in production efficiency, energy efficiency, carbon sequestration in croplands and grasslands, and reducing livestock-based protein through ...

Betashares launches first ethical bonds ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... the company's board of directors. It also applies a partial exposure limit (33% of total gross revenue) to the production or sale of junk foods. The strategy weights bonds on risk-adjusted income potential rather than a debt-weighted indexing approach. ...

Nanuk fund lists as currency hedged ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... environmental sustainability and resource efficiency. This includes clean energy, industrial efficiency, food and agricultural production, and waste management. The ETF was launched off the back of advisers and investors seeking listed access to the ...