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FSC guidance looks to eliminate greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... guidance points to investment managers needing to clearly describe its general, financial, and specific carbon or environmental objectives. In disclosing a fund's objectives, the FSC said best practice is to outline any financial objectives linked ...

Mercer pumps $100m into Perennial Partners strategy

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... significant portion of the portfolio is invested in companies which operate in global markets, in areas that improve environmental or social outcomes such as healthcare, education, renewable energy, technology improving energy efficiency or resource ...

No investment case for alternative meat just yet: Nanuk

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... emissions, for Nanuk, the investment challenges associated facing plant-based meat producers have outweighed the positive environmental implications." He said Nanuk's research indicates that in 2021, the prices of a particular listed plant-based producer ...

LGT Crestone hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... Wealth Management's deputy chief investment officer Kevin Wan Lum. She is tasked with managing LGT Crestone's environmental impact through ESG and sustainability-related initiatives and "plays a crucial role in ensuring the firm's core sustainability ...

Uncertain times calls for portfolio dynamism: Insight

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... said complex challenges, including long-term demographic shifts of an ageing population, regulatory changes and environmental, social and governance expectations, through to macro-economic challenges posed by the Ukraine war, the pandemic, and their ...

Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
Qantas Super and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have made a combined $100 million investment in the Ellerston 2050 Fund. The open-ended, wholesale fund, managed by Ellerston Capital will invest solely in companies that afford consumers ...

Companies' ESG efforts improve

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... among China and Japan-focused analysts." Another positive is an increase in companies with formal policies on other environmental issues such as deforestation. According to the report European companies still lead the transition to net zero targets currently ...

Blackstone invests US$400m in ESG commodity exchange

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... ownership of critical software, technology, and a scalable exchange for trading voluntary carbon offsets and related environmental products. "We believe this market will experience exponential growth over the next decade," he concluded. Earlier this ...

Rest expands sustainability mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... including the potential impact of climate related risks," he said. "The necessity of tackling climate change for environmental reasons is evident and the need to consider ESG factors in investment decisions has also become increasingly clear."

Ken Henry resigns from ASX board

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... company," he said. "Few can match his knowledge of economics and public policy, or his commitment to broader social and environmental issues. On behalf of all our stakeholders, I thank and congratulate Ken on his service; not only to ASX but to the Australian ...