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Cbus Super announces net zero portfolio emissions target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has announced they will reduce their absolute carbon emissions by 45% across their portfolio by 2030. The $54 billion industry super fund has announced a new Climate Change Roadmap, under which Cbus will put in place processes to achieve ...

The TCFD framework - What is it and how can it be applied to investment analysis?

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... comparable and consistent across the market. Widespread adoption of this framework could be the first step in enabling portfolio managers and analysts to systematically incorporate climate change considerations into investment analysis (see Figure 1 ...

Identifying climate change risks in investment analysis

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Transition risks: Transition risks and opportunities are likely to be the biggest area of focus for equity and bond portfolio man-agers investing with shorter time horizons. These risks include increasing climate change regulation and policy, technological ...

ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
The link between positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and economic growth is not new. However, the heightened focus by market participants on value creation through sustainability is new and being driven in part by global ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... on ESG grounds. This points to the necessity of research and evaluation when constructing portfolios. Damian Cottier, portfolio manager for Perennial Value Management's Perennial Smaller Companies Sustainable Future Trust, pointed to the resilient ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... heritage destroyed and the costs borne by shareholders as a result, but we had believed this risk to be well managed in our portfolio," she said. "This has prompted us to renew our focus on ensuring fair and sustainable outcomes for Indigenous communities ...

Northern Trust expands ESG Insights risk analytics suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Northern Trust is expanding its environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposure analytics capabilities to include new reporting for key environmental data categories, including carbon footprinting. Serge Boccassini, product lead, Investment ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... industrial property sector," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "We can drive sustainability measures across an extensive portfolio of assets, as well as positively influence the sustainability profile of a diverse range of large tenants. With long-term industrial ...

MBS launches Centre for Sustainability and Business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... be sustainability-literate, to understand what sustainability means for a firm, strategically. "We will build out a portfolio of courses that provide the overall strategic imperative for sustainability. We also want to drive the creation of electives ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... are sectors that by and large have performed well during the FY. You can argue whether this is by good luck or good portfolio management, but to debate this is to totally miss the point. When resources stocks outperformed and ESG funds suffered I didn't ...