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Pengana Capital reports positive impacts of equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Pengana Capital Group's WHEB Sustainable Impact Fund report increased positive impacts of their investment portfolio while also reporting that investors and advisers are using an interactive tool to better understand the ways in which their investment ...

Calculating the value of green transitions: UBS AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
By calculating the value of decarbonisation strategies, investors can identify which companies in hard-to-abate emissions-intensive sectors are capable of taking stronger action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to UBS Asset Management. ...

IFM Investors hires responsible investment associate director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
IFM investors has hired Ashley Kopczynski as associate director, responsible investment. Kopczynski comes to IFM from Janus Henderson, where he worked as associate portfolio manager - credit and ESG and as credit analyst. Prior to that, he worked for ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
HSBC and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Australia have partnered to identify projects to leads towards the issuance of blue impact bonds and other assets. Blue Impact Bonds for Nature will be funded by an US$800,000 grant from HSBC. TNC Australia will ...

Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
It is possible to generate positive real world social and environmental outcomes through investment in a variety of asset classes while also generating financial returns, according to an expert panel at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Calculating value of biodiversity: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Biodiversity and the value of ecosystem services are a critical part of a healthy global economy, with investors working to calculate risk and opportunity on investment portfolios. BNP Paribas Asset Management has named biodiversity as one of its key ...

Industry fund sets bar higher with Net Zero timing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
An industry superannuation fund has set the most ambitious climate change related target yet, aiming to attain a carbon neutral investment portfolio in nine years. The $12.8 billion NGS Super has set a target of carbon neutrality by 2030. The target ...

Calculating the social cost of carbon: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
The total cost of future damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions can be used to estimate a price as a basis for generating climate change policy as well as considering impacts on companies, according to Dimensional Fund Advisors. Joseph Chi, head ...

Investors lag in integrating climate risk: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Investors are increasingly acknowledging climate change as a major risk, but some have not yet incorporated it in investment processes, according to PGIM. PGIM has released research, Weathering Climate Change: Opportunities and Risks in an Altered Investment ...

Coca-Cola Amatil sets net zero carbon targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Coca-Cola Amatil has set a net zero carbon emissions target by 2040 as part of a broader set of sustainability targets. Amatil has announced 10 objectives in its 2020-2040 Sustainability Ambitions commitments, focusing actions across four areas - water ...