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Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Taskforce on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD). It has, in past, issued climate bonds to finance the transition to a low-carbon economy. These are all activities that have partially played into Westpac's sustainability ratings. But surely systemic ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... companies - that are talking about expanding their fossil fuel activity, rather than talking about how to transition to a zero carbon emissions future," Palmer said. "Then you have people and organisations who are challenging companies on that. They're ...

Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... sea-change in ESG practices. Over the past year most of our clients have explored what they can do about their portfolios' carbon profiles and climate-related risks." Unreliability and inconsistency of ESG data was the number one factor deterring investors ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... buildings that have green credentials, and from a practical perspective, buildings that reduce their exposure to waste, carbon emissions and water risks. "Then there are intangibles around staff at AMP Capital - having a green product, and being a sustainable ...

Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... the biodiversity crisis. In our view, to fight both we need to free up land for revegetation to return it to a natural carbon sink and habitat for endangered species," Richman said. "This means we need to look at types and ways of growing food that uses ...

HESTA allocates $200m to healthcare property mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... buyers, affordable housing clients and those working in key community occupations. Nightingale Village is a 185-apartment, carbon-neutral residential project in Brunswick. It consists of six architecturally-designed buildings on former warehouse sites. ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Huang cited BlackRock research across the MSCI World index that demonstrates that companies that have the highest rate of carbon emissions reductions also demonstrate outperformance. According to the report, Sustainable investing: a "why not" moment ...

Ausbil joins Investor Declaration on Plastic Pollution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... In the case of food, spoiling costs can exceed the benefits of saving on plastics when you account for the water, land, carbon impact, transport costs and other factors that went into its production." In Australia, investors have seen retailers Woolworths ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... controversies in recent years." Companies that Sustainalytics consider to be relatively well positioned to compete in a carbon-constrained economy include AGL Energy, Qantas and Brambles. A third area of focus is ethics in the financial sector. After ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... impacts could also be at most risk of reduced superannuation savings, driven by physical risks and the transition to a lower carbon economy. This also means higher fiscal expenditures on the Age Pension. "There is significant interaction between climate ...