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Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Note: This piece was contributed by Jacki Johnson and Simon O'Connor, co-chairs of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative and solely reflect the writers' opinion Many will opine on the lessons learnt from 2020, but the seismic shifts ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds need to set clear, transparent emissions reductions targets for their investment portfolios that are based on metrics that can be compared across the industry, according to recommendations from the Australasian Centre for Corporate ...

Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Watson, Lew said. "We look at it from a total portfolio perspective," she said. "Climate change presents a material financial risk as well as opportunity for investors. Historically, climate change hasn't been factored into pricing, so incorporating ...

Investing for the day after tomorrow: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... part because the buying power of women is a lot stronger. If a company is not focusing on this, we see it as a financial risk. We've started to focus on products in terms of whether there is an intention to be inclusive in the design and the marketing. ...

Regulator appoints first head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... managing the financial risks of climate change", in which APRA outlined that they would develop on a climate change financial risk prudential practice guide (PPG) to assist entities in complying with existing prudential requirements. "The guidance will ...

Investors, assemble: Climate League launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
A group of 16 institutional investors with more than $850 billion collective Australian assets under management have launched a 10-year initiative to drive greenhouse gas emissions down by 2030. The Climate League 2030 will see participants "support ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HESTA will directly engage with 14 mining and energy companies on working with Indigenous communities, with a focus on understanding how companies manage risks associated with Indigenous heritage protection. In the wake of the destruction of the Juukan ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... emphasising the financial and economic consequences of climate change. "I think if climate change is disclosed as a financial risk it will improve the resilience of the Australian economy and protect investors. We all need to understand the risks we're ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched a new product designed to provide investors with deeper climate risk data around private real estate assets. MSCI Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk (VaR) provides a forward-looking and return-based valuation assessment to measure climate-related ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
With material environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues increasingly demonstrating their impact on companies' ability to generate long term value for investors, fund managers are making the case that ESG can augment quality signals ...