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Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... billion added, leading corporate sectors and becoming the first sector to exceed the $100billion mark for annual issuance. Utilities issued US$57billion, up 18% on 2019. Other sectors fell back: by 50% in consumer staples and 35% in energy. On a sector ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... low risks within a portfolio," Lewis said. "With climate risk, you always get red flags popping up for oil and gas, utilities, metals and miners, the risks, the heat maps are like dark reds. What's interesting with water risk and social risk, is ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... believe that they believe certain sectors offer bigger opportunities for improvement on ESG grounds - oil and gas (49%), utilities (44%), consumer discretionary (34%) and materials (31%). There was a relative shift away from social issues, Chopra noted. ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... companies that impact negatively." Keller noted that SDG-linked strategies preclude holding traditional energy companies and utilities that primarily rely on oil and thermal coal but can invest in energy and utilities companies that are transitioning ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... sector, and many of those solutions in transitioning to a 1.5 degree world come from that sector. Other sectors include utilities, and maybe sectors that are well prepared for transition like healthcare." On the flip side, the portfolio does not hold ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... fewer downgrades with a significant difference seen in industry sectors including discretionary, technology, REITs and utilities. "We performed analysis in March in the midst of COVID," Chopra said. "All the analysts were downgrading companies, but we ...

Women continue to see gains on ASX200 boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... cohort have an average of 30% or more women on boards - financials at 40%, healthcare at 44%consumer staples t 57% and utilities at 50%. Industrials and information technology have the fewest, with zero women on boards in both of those sectors.

KPMG outlines focus on gender diversity in ASX201-300 company boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... cohort have an average of 30% or more women on boards - financials at 40%, healthcare at 44%consumer staples t 57% and utilities at 50%. Industrials and information technology have the fewest, with zero women on boards in both of those sectors. KPMG ...

Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... to the negative screens noted above, the fund invests in health care, property and infrastructure, natural resources utilities, manufacturing and innovative industries. The fund is open to all Australians, but there is a close connection between the ...

OHS, social license to operate identified as infrastructure risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... been reduced utilisation of level of services and so they've been able to manage through that," Langley said. "On the utilities side, copanis have done a pretty good job over the last 10 years of really building up their business continuity plans, and ...