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Climate crisis tops list of risks for 2020s

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
For the first time, climate crisis and environmental degradation have taken out the top five spots in a list ranking the risks most likely to impact the world over the coming decade. It comes as extreme weather events batter the world; with fires burning ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... fundamental reshaping of finance." And "reshaping" BlackRock certainly is... The investment giant will double its environmental, social and governance (ESG) offerings to 150, including sustainable versions of its flagship index products. It will also ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... manufacturers. Of late, it has developed into a more nuanced investment philosophy, aiming to improve social and environmental issues and develop a sustainable global financial system. Credit Suisse Private Bank Australia's chief investment officer ...

LGIAsuper offloads European assets

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... bedroom apartments in 2016," Farrar said. "The apartments had been constructed to a high building standard with strong environmental credentials which helped make them attractive in the competitive rental market of Copenhagen." Farrar said LGIAsuper's ...

Pendal appoints impact investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... Brandweiner said the fund will create positive change as well as returns. "This fund will seek to generate positive environmental and social outcomes alongside positive returns," he said. "We firmly believe that the creation of these positive outcomes ...

Boomers show healthy ESG appetite

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is well and truly on the radar for savvy millennials, but new research has revealed it could also be the secret ingredient to tempting Baby Boomers into engaging with their super. The research, coming ...

Insto investors confused by environmental equities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... executive believes its offering has suffered in Australia due to a lack of understanding around which asset class environmental equities fit into. Speaking to Financial Standard, managing director of listed equities for Impax Asset Management Bruce Jenkyn-Jones ...

NAB accused of greenwashing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... on Climate Change agreed to exit thermal coal five years earlier than NAB, by 2030. Commonwealth Bank updated its environmental policy earlier this year to match that 2030 timeline. Suncorp has committed to exiting thermal coal by 2025. "Whilst the Morrison ...

TCorp launches new bond

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... sustainable way." "Our sustainability bond programme offers bonds that are consistent with the NSW Government's environmental and social objectives and are aligned to relevant global standards and principles. "Sustainability outcomes of the projects ...

Legal fight could change super game

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... says. Through Market Forces, McVeigh got in touch with a lawyer - David Barnden. At the time, Barnden worked at Environmental Justice Australia, he has since established an independent firm and has taken the Rest case with him. The case concerns two ...