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Trucost hires Michael Salvatico to head APAC ESG business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Trucost, part of S&P Global, has hired Michael Salvatico as head of Asia Pacific ESG business development. Michael Salvatico, executive director, client coverage, MSCI Salvatico comes to the role from MSCI, where he was executive director. Salvatico ...

Morningstar acquires outstanding majority of Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Tapscott as director of client relations and head of Australasia last year. Tapscott leads Sustainalytics' business development activities in Australia by "working closely with institutional investors to help them integrate ESG considerations into their ...

Brokers recognised for research at ESG Research Australia awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Nominated research covered each of the environmental, social and governance topics, with carbon risk, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the social issue of obesity, and the Banking Royal Commission all areas of focus. "The need for high quality ESG ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Expert Advisory Group The collaborative group, which includes Vicinity, Dexus, Mirvac and others, have paid for the development of a tech solution via Informed 365 to gather pre-competitive information from more than 1,000 supplier companies in the cleaning ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... green bond in the region. "The report clearly reflects that platforms now exist to green infrastructure, economic development and national growth paths across the region," Kidney said. "Watch this flower blossom. Action now, to re-start economies on ...

Modern slavery, climate risk key elements of RI activity: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... this year." This will include improving reporting on fund metrics and targets and improving the funds' learning and development, Turner added.

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... the deployment of those that are best practice at the moment. In parallel, there should be a push to invest in the development of zero carbon technologies that are available in the next decade." The report points to existing technologies in heavy-emitting ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... overcrowded," said Tim King, CIO of Melior Investment management. "We're thinking of this in terms of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We think of COVID-19 as we do the bushfires - it is a wake-up call for the fact that sustainability is - or ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... has never been more important in shaping the global economic response to global issues captured by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate change, and the coronavirus crisis. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) held a ...

UN GCNA appoints Pru Bennett to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... non-profits and universities, to advance corporate sustainability and the private sector's contribution to sustainable development. GCNA chairman Dr David Cooke cited Bennett's "wealth of experience in governance and stakeholder management" as a complement ...