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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... legal, fiduciary and reputational and social license obligations. Andrew Petersen, CEO of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSD Australia) likened the bushfire crisis to the global financial crisis. "What needs to change is ...

Human rights, ethical sourcing driving ESG considerations in Asia: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... that need to be able to pay for their own externalities," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "We've often talked about what is sustainable investing about, and fundamentally, it's about earnings sustainability. Do company's earnings rely on weak regulation? If so ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Scott Klimo, CIO, Saturna Capital Saturna Capital offers two strategies that integrate ESG analysis - the Saturna Sustainable Funds, but the fund management firm's approach to considering sustainable performance is an outgrowth of of of its original ...

VFMC hires Talieh Williams as head of investment stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... the fund 3 February and will report to CIO Russell Clarke. Williams worked for UniSuper as manager of governance and sustainable investment from 2008 through 2019. She has been a non-executive director for the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... is a good example of further expansion and development of what Starbucks started so successfully. This was based on sustainable procurement and improvement of nutritional guidance programmes." J.P. Morgan acted as Sustainability Bond Structuring agent ...

Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... massive it may be and especially in Europe, is not always enough to write a success story," the paper stated. "Indeed, sustainable investing is at the crossroad of investing and policymaking. Investors affect the supply and demand of securities when ...

CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... green home loan will fill a gap in the market, giving builders and new home buyers a financial incentive to adopt sustainable design principles from the start of the project," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "New homes built today will be in use for decades ...

IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... It offers a "climate-action" digital platform that allows organizations to offset their CO2 emissions by supporting sustainable projects globally," BNP Paribas said. Building developers can choose from over 30 projects available on the ClimateSeed platform ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... corporate governance. With regards to environmental and social issues, we don't want anything that's outside of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchange. We will look to the impacts they have on the market, and we look at the impact they have on their staff ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) project from the PRI. Presented at the PRI / UNEP FI Conference, Towards a Resilient and Sustainable Economy this week in Melbourne, Mark Fulton, founding partner of Energy Transition Advisors (ETA), outlined the assumptions ...