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Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... should look to initiatives like the Science Based Targets initiative, for guidance." Porter noted that climate change will impact across the global economy, and within Australia. GCNA cited a report by the Climate Council said the property sector is ...

Company, investor climate change partnership "essential": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
Partnership between companies and investors, and between investors themselves, is "essential" to meeting climate change targets, according to global fund manager Robeco. Carola van Lamoen, head of active ownership, Robeco Carola van Lamoen, head of ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... because we expect those companies to have best in class ESG performance and oversight," he said, "it also maximises our impact." SSGA has outlined ESG trends that they think will impact in 2020, including predicting that the Sustainability Accounting ...

Human rights, ethical sourcing driving ESG considerations in Asia: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil Ausbil's ESG research team recently published a paper examining how ethical considerations impact on both consumer markets and the supply chain. Mans Carlsson-Sweeney, head of ESG Research pointed to plastic waste as one ...

Australian execs see impacts of, responsibility for climate change: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
More than 80% of Australia's business leaders believe that climate change will have a negative impact on their business operations, nearly double the global average, according to Deloitte. Robert Hillard, Deloitte Deloitte has published its third annual ...

Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... divergence in performance to "a massive mobilization of institutional investors on ESG," which impacted supply and demand and an impact on stock prices. "The mobilization of institutional investors, however massive it may be and especially in Europe ...

HESTA names Andrew Major chief risk and compliance officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Fund's investments in the Infrastructure, Private Equity, Property and other alternative investment strategies, including Impact Investments. Blakey underlined that comprehensive and proactive risk management was a foundation to HESTA's "delivery of ...

David Atkin, responsible investment leader, to step down as Cbus CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... choice and David has driven a strong focus on gender diversity as a Male Champion of Change, understanding the positive impact this has on investment outcomes and broader fund performance." Atkin said he was "immensely proud of what Cbus had achieved ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... have been going on for several months now and the crisis is continuing, so there will be a significant short-term negative impact and it likely will involve more than a short-term disruption to economic activity." Meanwhile, UBS released a similar analysis. ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... that's outside of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchange. We will look to the impacts they have on the market, and we look at the impact they have on their staff and customers as well." The other area of focus for SSX is technology. "That can be fintech ...