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Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
The momentum to address climate change has built, but regulatory, methodological and investor climate action remain challenges in financial markets, according to ISS ESG. Financial market participants including investors are still working to find appropriate ...

Opinion: Mind the gap: Investors continue to stall on climate action, despite sentiment confirming its risks

DAVID KLAUSNER  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Ed. note: FS Sustainability is pleased to present this opinion piece from David Klausner, a director of thematic research at PGIM. The opinions expressed reflect his opinions only. Climate change is no longer a hypothetical risk. Whether assessing the ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but climate clarity needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... increasing their reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals by Australia's top 150 companies, but disclosure on climate action lack clarity, according to new research from RMIT University. The research study from RMIT University and CPA Australia ...

BlueScope sets net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... "significant step forward," with the $150 million allocation as the second step. BlueScope will disclose details of its climate action plan including a decarbonisation pathway and a capital planning process to underpin that, when it releases its climate ...

Investors press for swift action in wake of climate report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... upon the financial services industry to assume greater responsibility and act as powerful drivers for much-needed climate action," Grew said. "Collaboration will be key as no one organisation can solve this alone. "We must evaluate climate risk, engage ...

Quant manager deploys AI to identify corporate greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... but through benchmarking tools coming from a variety of sources, including collaborative engagement groups like Climate Action 100+, third-party research providers, its own in-house research and company engagement. Acadian has $156 billion in assets ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoint new head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... firm's ESG program, including joining two investor collaborations aligned to Maple-Brown Abbott's ESG focus areas: Climate Action 100+ and Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking Asia-Pacific. Maple-Brown Abbott also confirmed its commitment to managing ...

Ethical fund manager sees 50% spike in AUM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... returns of $560 million. Australian Ethical attributed the acceleration in FUM is the result of customers "taking climate action into their own hands and voting with their wallets," said Australian Ethical CEO and MD John McMurdo. "Australians are sick ...

NTAM launches new quantitative low carbon strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... investment objectives." NTAM manages US$1.1 trillion in AUM, is a UNPRI signatory and a founding signatory of the Climate Action 100+ initiative that engages with 167 companies representing 80% of corporate greenhouse gas emissions globally, as well ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... UN Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for their investment process, and have selected gender equality, climate action and reduced inequality as the three key goals. "We see corporate Australia as having a critical role to play in this," Bailey ...