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Ethical super could halve carbon footprint

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... Australian Ethical found that every person in Australia changing to an ethical fund was equivalent to a lower carbon footprint of around 78 million tonnes of carbon per year. This is equivalent to 16.9 million cars on the road, 4.6 million Australian ...

Northern Trust launches low carbon strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... launched an actively managed strategy that focuses on high-quality, low-volatility stocks while maintaining a lower carbon footprint. The Quality Low Volatility Low Carbon World (QLV Low Carbon) Strategy is the latest sustainable investing offering that ...

New responsible agricultural fund seeks $300m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
An agricultural investment manager is launching a new fund to sophisticated investors that uses land restoration practices that combats carbon emissions and Australia's drought problem. Brisbane-based Australian cattle property investment manager ...

TIAA commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... account supports the flagship TIAA traditional annuity. The pension fund said it will significantly reduce the carbon footprint of its investments and also commit to emission offsetting. "We are making this important change to create a resilient portfolio ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... Amundi Responsible Investing- Green Bonds, is the first fund to be fully aligned with the transition to reduce the carbon footprint and to support issuers with their transition. The fund will select corporate bonds from the Bloomberg Barclays Euro Aggregate ...

Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... and to advocate on its behalf within government," the strategy reads. The regulator itself is reviewing its own carbon footprint and has set itself the challenge of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. In doing so, it will also report ...

CFOs gain clout in ESG metrics

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... challenges," the report said. As an example, Accenture cited using public cloud infrastructure to lower a company's carbon footprint. The report also found about 73% of Australian chief financial officers had the final stay on the technology direction ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... recent announcement that by introducing new benchmarks that take carbon emissions into account it had cut the carbon footprint of its equities portfolio by 40%, Financial Standard asked the fund whether this holding in Santos had been reduced. Aware ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Australia's second largest super fund has managed to reduce the carbon footprint of its equities portfolio by 40%. The $130 billion industry fund (formerly First State Super) has created a series of new listed equities benchmarks that will support the ...

AMP Capital bets on AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... a pleasant inside temperature. AMP said the benefits to its portfolio will include a 20-40% reduction in its carbon footprint, up to a 20% decrease in energy spend and up to 60% improvement in comfort for people occupying the building. The autonomous ...