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Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... asset managers, as compared to approximately 50 in 2019. Strategies have evolved to include greater exposure to development risk, use of less conventional technologies, investing in new geographies and greater specialisation. bfinance also points to ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... strategy at Aware Super," said Damien Webb, Aware Super head of income and real assets. "We are focused on delivering strong risk adjusted returns while also leaving a positive footprint in the environment and our community. "In 2020 we announced our ...

Measuring the gap between ASX board ethics, exec performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the executives examined by the Royal Commission biased short term financial performance over management of non-financial risk "The general focus here is on boards and this is an issue for a board of directors, it has to be driven by the board and the ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... on the slaughtering line and the changing rooms and other places where they meet each other. "These elements have had high risk. Companies over time have responded better, invested in more PPE, changed the layout of slaughterhouses, but to a certain ...

Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... having a strong federal policy on climate change and a pathway to move to zero carbon emissions by 2050 brings continued risk to Australia's economic growth long term, according to the head of one the leading economic think tanks. Danielle Wood, CEO ...

C-suite executives cite climate as top risk to growth: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Australia's C-suite executives worry more about climate change as the top risk to growth, beating out COVID-19, according to EY. That puts Australian executives in a unique position over other global executives, which still view the pandemic as ...

Calculating the social cost of carbon: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... future GHG emissions," Dimensional said in a summary of its recent research into the subject. Dimensional integrates climate risk and opportunity calculations into its portfolio and engages with companies on their climate risk assessments, Chi said. ...

Super, fund manager lends muscle to net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... on global temperature increases and the Paris Agreement's ambitions. "We believe that climate change is both a financial risk and an opportunity, and aligning our portfolios with a 1.5 degree scenario with the PA is supported by our analytics," said ...

Investment consultant creates head of sustainability role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... DNA and the way you formulate portfolios. The head of sustainability will work with the head of portfolio construction and risk and CIO to develop a framework for integrating purpose into investment strategy and develop and manage a commercial framework ...

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... issuer balance sheet and cash flow implications of new emissions trading schemes or outright carbon taxes, and heightened risk of stranded energy assets, as the low-carbon transition accelerates. "Effectively, there are three stages to the process," ...