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PRI recgonises leaders for climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... climate-related risks to the Neuberger Berman board of directors. Neuberger Berman has also implemented a Climate Value-at-Risk Scenario (CVaR) analysis to all investment teams and offering client reporting on the results. That process began in 2019 ...

Super fund ESG option tops charts with investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... This means that UniSuper members in the GEO option "often combine it with other investment options to meet their investment risk preferences," the fund said. The fund option is labelled as having a "very high" risk level on UniSuper's website. When ...

Climate, worker rights rise up ESG agenda: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... bushfires in late 2019/early 2020 and subsequent floods have brought climate change to the forefront for corporates. Climate risk and management of emissions is an area of engagement for Perennial, noted Emilie O'Neill, Perennial ESG analyst. "Obviously ...

QBE makes allocation to impact investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Premiums4Good, social and environmental impact investments potentially have a different asset exposure and profile that may lead to risk or return diversification. At the time, QBE told FS Sustainability investments included allocations to the South ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... diversity and inclusion as an area where BlackRock's engagement and voting practices have changed as well as the issue of climate risk and disclosures. This evolving mindset is expressed through BlackRock's proxy votes and announced future directions ...

Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... corporate across their activities. The tool will help investors to integrate impacts to nature and biodiversity into their risk assessments and research. The tool is also being designed to positively contribute to the required convergence towards more ...

Head of sustainability salaries revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... over the past decade, Evans said. "Investors are really interested in this space now, so companies need to have a climate risk strategy," Evans said. "Because investors are paying attention, the board and executives are paying attention. Sustainability ...

Northern Trust outlines social, environmental challenges to road ahead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Reimaging capitalism and reengaging with climate risk are two of the broad themes that will affect financial markets over the next five years, according to Northern Trust. Northern Trust has updated their capital market assumptions, forecasting global ...

Positive ESG impact linked to financial performance: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... return," said William Wu, portfolio manager at Melior. "It's the opposite. It's generated alpha, it's lowered risk of investment portfolio and it's doing well as well as doing good." Companies are also increasingly recognising that social ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... whereas labour practices, employee health and safety, and supply chain management has increased in importance. However, climate risk and greenhouse gas emissions remain important considerations. Chopra noted that if a global price on carbon emissions ...