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Australian Ethical lead returns to CoreData

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
The investment director of one of Australia's premier ethical investment firms has returned to a global market research consultancy after a decade. Angus Dennis has moved back to CoreData to lead responsible investment and ESG, after a two-year stint ...

Larry Fink letter urges pragmatism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... security and decarbonisation not be achieved without greater flows into energy infrastructure - but also continued investment into traditional (oil and gas-based) energy firms. BlackRock has never supported divesting from fossil fuels. Fink called such ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
The ongoing debate over asset benchmarking, regulation, and ESG investment versus science-based targets has led top practitioners to tread more carefully on asset allocations and geographical spread. The global responsible investment industry has in ...

Podcast: Climate and cyber and nature, oh my - Julia Leske

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... beginning of 2024, so it's a good time to look back at what happened in sustainability in 2023 and what the big events and trends will be this year. Joining us for this conversation is Julia Leske, senior consultant ESG strategy at ISS ESG. ISS STOXX ...

Brookfield reaches first close on second transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... a UK onshore renewables developer and a solar development partnership in India, with a "robust" pipeline of further investment opportunities. The Fund is the successor of the inaugural Brookfield Global Transition Fund (BGTF I) which closed with $15 ...

Rise in ESG commitment by global funds: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... it expresses analysts' assessments of asset managers' "determination to incorporate ESG factors into their investment processes and deliver sustainability outcomes, relative to peers." Fund managers are evaluated on three pillars - philosophy ...

BlueScope receives funding for lower emissions project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Critical Inputs to Clean Energy Industries program, which supports hard-to-abate sectors like steel. "This $200 million investment in the steel sector is about securing the long-term future of the steel industry in Australia," said Minister for Climate ...

Ethical ETFs AUM surges in 2023: Betashares

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... ethical and responsible investment options." According to the third 2023 Responsible Investing Report, created by Investment Trends in partnership with Australian Ethical, 29% of potential responsible investors say they don't understand responsible ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... jail free card for infinite production of fossil fuels. This diversity complicates the assessment of potential risk in investment. Duncan Paterson, director of investor practice at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), warns that the current trajectory ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
If 2023 marked a broadened focus on climate adaptation, transition, biodiversity and modern slavery, 2024 is poised to be the year of ESG integration, consolidated reporting, legislative compliance, supply chain due diligence, and managing artificial ...
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