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Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... means we can help safeguard our members' funds from the risks associated with holding assets that contribute to climate change, including those with the potential to become stranded assets."

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... Investment Association Australasia, the Australian Banking Association, the Insurance Council or the Investor Group on Climate Change, but will be informed by those groups, he added. "The intention is to establish that permanently, constituted with a ...

AustralianSuper hires for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... Last week, AustralianSuper promised to go net-zero in carbon emissions by 2050 to mitigate against the risk of climate change on its portfolio's long-term performance. Activist group MarketForces highlighted flaws in the commitment. AustralianSuper ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... Thursday, AustralianSuper said it would target net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to mitigate against the risk of climate change on its portfolio's long-term performance. The decision was endorsed by its board in an October meeting. So far, it has ...

Climate change reporting is cheap talk: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... sectors," the paper, Green Data or Greenwashing? Do Corporate Carbon Emissions Data Enable Investors to Mitigate Climate Change? reads. To help mitigate climate change, investors tend to switch investments from "brown to green companies" and engage in ...

Mercer launches climate-transition tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... launched an analytics tool that helps institutional investors assess which companies are committed to combating climate change and want to adapt to a net-zero economy. Analytics for Climate Transition (ACT) assesses companies' commitment and ability ...

AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... has a major role to play in influencing and supporting the broad-based economic transition necessary to manage climate change. "This is in line with global market expectations and consistent with our goal of maximising members' long-term

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... Producer Index found that the world's largest meat, fish and dairy producers are undermining global efforts to control climate change. The index reviewed 60 publicly listed animal protein producers from around the world, with a combined value of $338 ...

SASB appoints Australian advisor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... disclosure," SASB chief executive Janine Guillot said. Jeyaretnam is an environmental engineer and partner in EY's Climate Change and Sustainability practice in Melbourne and brings extensive experience in sustainability advisory and ESG best practice. ...

Majority of Aussies want SG rise: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... those surveyed said they approved of more corporate governance. A further 64% approve of funds taking action on climate change and 58% approve of funds increasing gender diversity.