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Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... agricultural business that produces fruit. A significant risk for this business would be the risk of drought, which could severely impact its operations. Examples for other types of businesses could include the risk of being isolated by floods or exposure ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... buyback activity between 1997 and 2016. At the time, MSCI concluded that there was no "compelling evidence of a negative impact from share buybacks on long-term value creation for investors overall," but that conclusion may be revised in light of the ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... relatively consistent over each of the years and period." Melior Investment Management, which integrates assessments of positive impact as well as ESG performance into its stock selection process, believes that the impacts of COVID-19 and other impacts ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The role of finance has never been more important in shaping the global economic response to global issues captured by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate change, and the coronavirus crisis. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... development. The implications of the pandemic fall squarely within the sustainability remit, Porter said. "The pandemic and its impact on the global economy is concerning for sustainability," she said. "We want to ensure that business continues to pay ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
A majority of Australians expect their savings and super to be invested responsibly and ethically, and would consider moving to alternative providers that invest in such a fashion, according to new research commissioned by the Responsible Investment ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... harm. "In the immediate term where countries are trying to keep their economies from collapsing, there is only marginal impact on sustainability," he said. "You don't want to make things worse, so take opportunities to make things better, but it's not ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Fellow, 2011. "When it comes to ESG disclosure standards, users are recognizing the importance of understanding not just the impact ESG factors have on businesses, but also on the impact businesses have on the society and environment in which they operate," ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... qualitative information that is being assembled right now, but companies are seeking to make major change that will undeniably impact on their human capital and how their organisations function, with repercussions that will bring the sometimes-amorphous ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
The Climate Change Authority (CCA) has released its Climate Policy Toolkit for Australia, which includes recommendations for creating investable policies which support the transition to a net zero emissions economy by 2050. Emma Herd, chief executive ...