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Climate science skills needed in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
... to businesses to take action with new skills and frameworks. "As the world urgently seeks to reinvent itself for a low-carbon future, business leaders and managers now need new frameworks and skills in redesigning their organisations for a radically ...

Ninety One launches net zero index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... arguing there are flaws in asset managers' and owners' interpretations of net zero which has led them to set portfolio-level carbon targets which, Ninety One argues, will stymie global net zero ambitions. "With the UN declaring its latest climate report ...

Sunsuper, QSuper merger legislation passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... climate action. This month QSuper said a rebalancing of its global equities portfolio has seen a substantial reduction in carbon emissions financed by QSuper members. "In tandem with engagement to encourage emission reductions by listed and unlisted ...

CFS joins firms in net zero alignment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... Kelly Power said. Meanwhile, the NZ Super Fund joined the Net Zero Asset Owners Commitment to support achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The initiative helps asset owners on the pathway to net zero by providing metrics and methodologies for ...

Kilter wins $70m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... the investment community both here and internationally, illustrates that firms that are part of the transition to a low carbon future, as we aspire to be, can gain significant investor support, be a part of the solution and still make great returns," ...

Fidelity moves on net zero

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
Fidelity International launched a climate investing policy with a rating scheme in a bid to halve its carbon emissions by 2030. The policy includes the introduction of Climate Ratings which assess the net zero targets and alignment of investments. They ...

HESTA pushes for net zero legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... with confidence," she said. In 2020, HESTA unveiled its Climate Change Transition Plan, which sets out how it will reduce carbon emissions in its portfolios by up to 33% by 2030 and eventually move to net zero by 2050. To make this possible, Blakey told ...

Rest firms up net zero pathway

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... in funds under management, it's critical that we play our part. We have set our roadmap to achieve to achieve a net zero carbon footprint for the fund by 2050, and it is consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement." The fund has set six measures ...

Metrics Credit Partners joins climate partnership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
... promoting green loan opportunities in the Australian market as borrowers participate in Australia's transition to a low-carbon economy. "As the first non-bank asset manager in Australia to become a Climate Bonds Partner, Metrics is determined to play ...

UniSuper net zero efforts accelerated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... deal is set to see the proportion of UniSuper's direct property portfolio that's managed by AMP Capital become carbon neutral almost a decade ahead of target. AMP Capital signed the agreement with SmartestEnergy, a commercial and industrial energy ...