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Cbus overhauls climate change reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... reductions to hit its target and has changed its reporting to reflect fluctuations in asset enterprise values to ensure that carbon intensity reductions are not overstated. Cbus said the fund has adopted the methodology proposed by the European Union ...

Jones progresses green finance standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... absolutely critical." Jones noted that to unlock the investment to meet the government's target of reaching a 43% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, private investment will be needed. "What I can confirm with you today is our absolute commitment ...

ASIC takes first action over greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... power solutions for Botswana and Southern Africa. The announcements claimed that the electricity produced by Tlou would be carbon neutral; the company had environmental approval and the capability to generate certain quantities of electricity from solar ...

Abrdn launches active sustainable Asian ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... sustainable leaders or improvers, utilising a separate ESG House Score to complement our bottom-up research, and targeting a carbon footprint that is at least 20% lower than the benchmark. "Asia represents the most economically dynamic collection of ...

Australia's first global carbon credits ETF hits market

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
VanEck Australia has launched an ETF to give investors access to a global marketplace for carbon credits. VanEck Global Carbon Credits ETF (XCO2) will track the ICE Global Carbon Futures Index, which sources carbon credit futures prices from the four ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... Separately, the CEFC has also committed up to $30 million to a hybrid sustainable grazing model, with the goal of delivering carbon credits alongside enhanced biodiversity protection and sustainable red meat production. The Wyuna Regenerative Agriculture ...

Sustainable investment now mainstream: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... compared to the Americas (53%) and EMEA (48%). Interestingly, overall asset owners are less likely to consider climate/carbon a key priority this year, falling from 67% to 41%. Diversity and inclusion (52%), public policy (49%), and labour rights (47%) ...

Future Generation expands Plato mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... Hedge Fund, supporting its ambition to outperform the MSCI World Net Returns Unhedged Index while achieving a net zero carbon footprint. Launched in September last year, the Plato Global Net Zero Hedge Fund is a global equities long/short strategy, holding ...

AXA IM Alts bolsters natural capital platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... existing portfolio of nature-based solutions and seeks to identify investments across strategic equity, direct financing, and carbon solutions. Together, Gibbon, Cavallo and Alva Estabridis will support and lead the deployment of this strategy. Gibbon ...

Quinbrook sells unicorn startup to Brookfield

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... 2019, Scout's pipeline has had 65% year-on-year growth in scale and its projects have generated an estimated 8.5 TWh of carbon-free power to date.