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Financial services industry addressing leadership in uncertain times: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Jacki Johnson, co-chair of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative and advisor to IAG on climate change and sustainability noted that individual leaders and collaborative action matter, and pointed to the work of ASFI as one example of how this ...

Sustainable Australia Fund on COVID-19 impacts, upgrade finance outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... to allow commercial, office, and industrial buildings to retrofit projects for energy, water and environmental sustainability. "Everyone is in survival mode at the moment, but in the medium and longer term, we expect some sectors to do well," said Scott ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... electronic payments." The fund focuses on long-term megatrends such as reducing carbon emissions and improving sustainability and is benchmarked to deliver returns over the the MSCI World Index over three months, one and three years, Watson said. RIAA's ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... disparity between nations and the enormous amount of work still to be done. There is no doubt that our exposure to sustainability issues and climate change has the potential to inflict even greater disruption on societies than that which they have to ...

Coronavirus pandemic produces supply chain crisis: Baker McKenzie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... screening and responsible suppliers that meet the criteria that companies set around things like quality of product, sustainability, compliance with governmental requirements of import and export." That will include restructuring supply chains and ramping ...

Q&A: Pablo Berrutti, on the launch of the Altiorem research platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... of Altiorem, an online library and resource centre designed to support the finance industry in the shift towards sustainability. Altiorem has just launched, and Berrutti speaks with Rachel Alembakis about the project, its aims for providing more education ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Ed note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this opinion piece from Ian Carmichael, portfolio manager and partner, Fairlight Asset Management. The opinions expressed reflect Fairlight Asset Management 's position. Ian Carmichael, portfolio ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... and any kind of share buybacks, and possibly even dividends as well." There will be questions raised as to the sustainability of share buyback programs, Marshall said. "Clearly from a public policy perspective, there is considerable negative feeling ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... exhibiting extreme volatility and that it is not known what stage or how long a downturn may last, they report to The Sustainability Report that stocks with stronger ESG characteristics are outperforming wider benchmarks. "Our work suggests that there's ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... COVID19 environment." Ausbil will also continue to engage on the issue of plastic waste as well. "It comes down to sustainability of business and earnings," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "If a business model relies on under-priced pollution or weak regulation ...