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Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... climate and environment Dan Gocher said. "In April, more than 40% of Santos' shareholders called on the company to set Paris-aligned targets across its entire value chain, including scope one, two and three emissions. This announcement fails to deliver ...

Alternative asset manager expands to APAC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... number of locations to nine with the headquarters in London and offices in Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, New York, Paris and Tel Aviv.

AIA under fire for coal holdings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... which are included in host governments' climate plans, it could still finance scores of new projects which violate the Paris Agreement. "Divesting from sectors which are not compatible with its brand is not an alien concept for AIA. According to ...

Mercer launches climate-transition tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... process which draws from multiple data sources is the capacity to align to a 1.5C global warming target as outlined in the Paris Agreement. "It's best to combine a top-down, total-portfolio view with forward-looking bottom up portfolio analytics such ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... become the new hotspot by registering 30K new cases in one day, declared a state of emergency with night time curfews in Paris and eight other cities. Germany also toughened rules on gatherings and curfews for bars and restaurants," it reads. "The UK's ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... In its climate report, AMP Capital acknowledged the transition to a low carbon economy was underway, and that meeting the Paris Climate Change commitment will take significant decarbonisation over the coming decades. "AMP Capital has a fiduciary duty ...

Big banks face shareholder action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... shareholder resolutions lodged against them by environmental finance organisation Market Forces to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement. ANZ's exposure to coal mining increased by 27% to $1.4 billion in 2018 with a further increase to $1.5 billion ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... grapple with more hospitalisations and tightened restrictions in the worst affected areas and could close restaurants in the Paris region on Monday, if numbers continue to rise. Italian Prime Minister Conte said he will ask parliament to extend the country's ...

Lazard launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... over rolling five-year periods. The fund will be managed by Arnaud Brillois and an investment team based in New York and Paris. Lazard said the fund employs a fundamental, bottom-up approach that uses rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis to ...

Robeco extends exclusions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... investments, transitioning to a lower carbon economy. "As global leader in sustainable investing we are committed to the Paris agreement, which aims to limit the rise in global temperatures to well below 2C. This will require substantial reductions in ...