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The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... about these issues." The report found that climate change data can be used as a metric for physical and regulatory environmental risks, as a way to mine for alpha opportunities or "to reflect social values in portfolios." In one example, the report analyses ...

ARENA receives 77 applications for $100m large scale PV

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) received 77 eligible expressions of interest (EOIs) for an AU$100 million large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) competitive round. The round was announced on 9 September 2015, and was tailored to bring down ...

RIAA conference to discuss future of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... the market, and to date, it's been driven by broad, strong institutional investment, and the acknowledgement that [environmental, social and governance] ESG risks are driving valuations. There's more and more evidence to support that, which has driven ...

Cbus Super hires new investment manager - ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Bradford as investment manager - ESG. Bradford comes to Cbus from GE Capital - Asia Pacific, where she worked as environmental and social risk leader. In that role, she was responsible for "identifying, managing and monitoring ESG risks that could result ...

Investors look at corporate governance metrics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The interrelation of environmental and social with corporate governance practices has been brought to the fore, institutional investors have told BNP Paribas Securities Services. Madhu Gayer, head of Asia Pacific investment reporting and performance ...

CDP Names Climate A List in 2015 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... the use of innovative investor products such as CDP's sector research, launched this year, which directly links environmental impacts to the bottom line," CDP said in the report. "Some investors are taking the next logical step, and are working to shrink ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire Kris Douma

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... responsible investment policies for pension funds and implementation of responsible investment and integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors across all asset classes. During that time, he was involved in several PRI initiatives ...

Citi joins Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). It "advances environmental risk management and innovative conservation finance, as well as financial sector accountability for the impacts and dependencies ...

Business response to climate change "creative self-destruction"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The corporate world is on a path of "creative self-destruction" when it comes to the business response to climate change, according to a new book. Professor Chris Wright, University of Sydney Business School In Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations ...

Investors demanding better corporate ESG disclosure: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... process, but nearly two thirds of respondents to an EY survey said that companies do not adequately disclose material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader Tomorrow's Investment ...