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Calix identifies six sustainability challenges impacting clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... consortium of some of the world's largest cement, lime, and engineering companies, as well as leading research and environmental institutions. Calix is piloting its patented kiln, which produces mineral honeycomb, which are very highly active minerals ...

Natixis joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Natixis has joined the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) Partners Program. Natixis is the international corporate and investment banking, asset management, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... who participate in the program, it's an opportunity to trial innovation that could yield positive commercial and environmental benefits with lower risk, said Project Catalyst grower Tony Bugeja from the Mackay Whitsunday region. Bugeja has been involved ...

Ausbil Investment Management launches Active Sustainable Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... stocks, selected mainly from those in the S&P/ ASX 200 Index. Investment decisions will draw from Ausbil's specialist environmental, social and governance (ESG) research team. "We spend a lot of time with companies to identify earnings that are sustainable ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
There is no one right way to measure social and environmental impacts in an investment portfolio, with different organisations measuring impact in different ways, depending on size and mission. Alex Oppes, director, impact investing at SVA There are ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... thinking around digitalization to real estate and cities in a paper entitled Crossing the Threshold. He outlines 24 environmental, social and governance (ESG) Focal issues driven by digitalization in real estate and cities representing both opportunities ...

Insight Investment analyses ESG factors affecting sovereign credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
Although countries with higher GDP per capita have better scores on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, there has been "little or no relationship between the ESG performance or momentum of a country and its credit rating or credit spreads," ...

BlackRock Real Assets names Charlie Reid to lead Asia-Pac renewables

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
BlackRock Real Assets has appointed Managing Director Charlie Reid to extend their renewable energy investment business in Asia Pacific. Reid will be based in Sydney and responsible for sourcing, executing and managing renewable infrastructure assets ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
While integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into long-term stock selections is a well analysed and discussed technique, there is less discussion of whether using ESG signals can be applied to shorting strategies. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... and leadership of our Australian business member community on climate action, as well as integrating social and environmental impacts with financial results, lowering their risk profile, making better decisions and leading the solutions that are laid ...