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Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... BlackRock and Meketa both concluded that "investment funds have experienced no negative financial impacts from divesting fossil fuels"; "In fact, they found evidence of modest improvement in fund return."

Nanuk AM lists active ETMF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... are likely to accelerate these changes as energy independence and security demand a more rapid transition away from fossil fuels." The fund currently has no direct exposure to Russian or Eastern European equities and only minor exposures to companies ...

Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... Ukraine, and in how nations will source the investment capital they will need to fund their transition away from fossil fuels over coming decades," Dunnin said. The only hard edges to be found are in the recommendation that fund managers be subjected ...

Hostplus commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... outlines for carbon reductions to be achieved by 2030. Australian Ethical, which already has limited investments in fossil fuels, has also committed to net zero by 2050. Future Super was the first net zero super fund in Australia, boasting carbon neutrality ...

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... companies..." "For over eight years, teachers, state workers and students have called for their pensions to divest from fossil fuels. Many of CalPERS's and CalSTRS's own beneficiaries experience severe health impacts every day because they live near ...

T. Rowe Price launches new impact fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). It also excludes certain industries and companies, including fossil fuels, tobacco, gambling, and for-profit prisons. The fund is managed by Hari Balkrishna. Certified under RIAA's Responsible Investment ...

Sustainability will send some broke: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... higher wages, and getting them. We shouldn't be surprised." They added that in the current environment, producers of fossil fuels and products reliant on their use face extreme hurdles. "Many in the oil industry are banking on a growing middle class ...

Pendal brings Global Select Fund to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... or controversial weapons and will not invest in companies that derive more than 10% of total revenue directly from fossil fuels, alcoholic beverage production, the manufacture, ownership or operation of gambling facilities, non-controversial weapons ...

BlackRock votes against CBA resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... net zero ambition, BlackRock voted against a Commonwealth Bank shareholder resolution to stop the bank financing fossil fuels. The largest asset manager in the world, with US$9.5 trillion in assets under manager, voted against a CBA shareholder resolution ...

FTSE Russell launches new ESG indexes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... screening criteria. The screens eliminate exposure to companies involved in controversial weapons, firearms, tobacco, and fossil fuels. In addition, companies with ESG controversies are excluded. The indexes are based on the FTSE Russell US equity benchmarks ...