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Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... targets will not only be accomplished by divesting from emissions intensive stocks, he said. "If we reduce our carbon footprint, it may end up in another investor portfolio," he said. "The complementary part is the forward-looking part, where we need ...

Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Small and medium sized ASX listed companies can measure, monitor and report their material environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures through a new technology platform linked to the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s ESG Global Standard Metrics. ...

Report calls out AIA's coal-based assets, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... and meaningful ESG principles, adopting best practices such as the continued assessment and disclosure of our carbon footprint," a spokesperson told FS Sustainability. " We have already taken a number of steps in recent years to address the carbon intensity ...

Industry super cuts emissions exposures by 40%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... of share market-listed companies. Removing some of these companies from our benchmarks enables us to lower the carbon footprint of our portfolio, with only a modest change to our investment mix." Graham noted that the 40% reduction in carbon emissions ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... risk are fairly small but may have high emissions that contribute to a significant amount of the portfolio's carbon footprint and transition risks," Birgden said. "It's less dramatic than many investors might assume. Reducing the exposure is ...

PRI recgonises leaders for climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... ratings for portfolios to construct portfolios that tilt away from the higher risk issuers," he said. "We have carbon footprint data in there, frameworks like the Transition Pathways Initiative, but this gives us a more quantitative part of the ratings." ...

Northern Trust expands ESG Insights risk analytics suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... service can be used to gain fund-level oversight of environmental risks and drill-down to compare key scores and carbon footprint metrics across individual managers, portfolios, countries or sectors; monitor changes in a fund's environmental risk profile ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... stocks. The second one is such exclusion plus a positive tilt towards companies who are proactively improving their carbon footprint. The third one is the Transition Pathway Initiative template. This has been created by asset owners and supported by ...

Heritage Bank enacts environmental, social, governance policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... reporting last year with a sustainability statement in our annual report, starting to talk about our impact, our carbon footprint in terms of energy saving," Lock said. "That was a baby step and we wanted to do that and to start to put some groundwork ...

UK pension fund to divest half its portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... $10 billion in equities - roughly 45% of its portfolio - to climate aware strategies, instantly reducing its carbon footprint by the equivalent of taking 200,000 cars off the road, the fund said. The divestment includes its investments in emerging market ...