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What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... typically involves attempting to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement," said Louise Lew, head of sustainable investment - Australia, Willis Towers Watson. "This means starting with current emission levels, approximately halving those levels ...

Green economy a multi-trillion dollar opportunity: FTSE Russell

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... an internal team to model data based on estimates from available information, said Lee Clements, head of sustainable investment solutions at FTSE Russell. "We concentrate on getting all of that data where it's available," he said. "We then do that model ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... instance of sustainable funds' resilience that we have seen in prior downturns. And the broader array of sustainable investment options will continue to drive investor interest in these funds, as we have seen in 2020."

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... investment process will result in improved risk-adjusted returns over the long-term, said Louise Lew, head of sustainable investment - Australia, Willis Towers Watson "We use a portfolio quality scorecard to assess how a portfolio is positioned in a ...

CSC partners with Osmosis IM on sustainable strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... research process to standardise unstructured corporate environmental data, enabling the construction of a sustainable investment factor which the firm identifies as being uncorrelated to other common factors. When applied to a diversified portfolio ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... fundamental credit risk." "The way we do the assessment is that is done by the credit analysts, validated by the sustainable investment team," Keller said. "The analysts know the companies inside out and they have been integrating ESG for the past 10 ...

Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... products." Consultants also develop their own resources related to systemic risk, said Louise Lew, head of sustainable investment - Australia, Willis Towers Watson. "We develop our own forward looking assumptions based on a number of sources," she said. ...

DWS Group Appoints ESG Advisory Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Investor Group on Climate Change. "I have long been convinced of the power that sustainable management and sustainable investment can unfold together," Kell said. "The work of this very diverse and high-calibre ESG Advisory Board, in close cooperation ...

Retail sustainable investments grow by 21%: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Retail investment in sustainable financial products rose to $19.9 billion by the end of June 2020, a 21% increase on the previous year, according to research from Morningstar. Morningstar recently released a report, Sustainable Investing Landscape for ...

Call for education on difference between sustainable, impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... range of educational resources for financial advisers in addition to its fund offerings. "If you take the sustainable investment process, fundamentally, it's about meeting present needs without compromising future generations in terms of what you're ...