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Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... environmental social and governance (ESG) didn't exist so investors didn't have to worry so much about the effect of CFCs on investments. They just had to worry about losses due to having to update machinery to remove CFCs. The good news is that the ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... compulsory." The TCFD guidelines are voluntary and not compulsory in Australia. However, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the ASX Corporate Governance ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... the number one inclusion topic and is three times as high as the next most frequently searched inclusion. Excluding investments in fossil fuel shows more than double as many searches as the next highest searched exclusion of human rights, and these searches ...

Companies that manage ESG issues "more resilient": Saturna Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... or a change, it was really not anything that required anything at all apart from divesting from a few fossil fuel investments. In terms of the social aspects, in terms of governance aspect, they were all core to the process we had already established." ...

HESTA names Andrew Major chief risk and compliance officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... and in-house role early in his career" In his previous role, Major led a team responsible for managing the Fund's investments in the Infrastructure, Private Equity, Property and other alternative investment strategies, including Impact Investments. Blakey ...

Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... unusual position from an asset allocation perspective to react to these changes through capital recycling of real asset investments. "In future, real assets are going to be green," he said. "Australia is well placed from an asset allocation perspective. ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... is that in ten, 15, 20 years' time, is that business still there," said Niall Mills, partner in the Infrastructure Investments Team and head of infrastructure asst management Europe at First Sentier. "If you can sustain your enterprise by having engaged ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... research as well, that beyond avoiding the most harmful activities, there is a strong consumer interest in more positive investments that create benefits for the environment and society." While there has been a large uptick in the amount of disclosure ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... respondents said they would like their superannuation fund provider to offer a negative screening option, eliminating investments associated with "harmful activities." "The relatively low interest in negative screening strategies seems to indicate that ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... annual Unfriend Coal report also highlighted that insurers have also divested coal from roughly US$8.9 trillion of investments, representing 37% of the industry's global assets. To date, at least 35 companies have taken action, up from 15 companies with ...