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Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Sycomore Asset Management, and Mirova are developing a tool to measure how investment impact biodiversity. AXA IM, BNPPAM, Sycomore and Mirova launched the Investor Statement on the need for biodiversity ...

Northern Trust outlines social, environmental challenges to road ahead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... the institutional world, it's used as a research publication, where we lay our views on the table... In the wealth management world, this has a bigger implication. We set the portfolio, based on this." "We've lowered our strategic weight to natural resources ...

Positive ESG impact linked to financial performance: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... brings positive impacts on the planet and strong financial performance, according to impact investor Melior Investment Management. Melior has published an inaugural Australian Impact Report detailing the company's work to identify companies with ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... materiality of greenhouse gas emissions has fallen, whereas labour practices, employee health and safety, and supply chain management has increased in importance. However, climate risk and greenhouse gas emissions remain important considerations. Chopra ...

Wesfarmers director to retire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... since joining the Board in 2009. "Diane has brought a wealth of experience from a career extending from banking and management consulting to numerous board and chair roles in for-profit and not-for-profit organisations," Chaney said. "She has been ready ...

Superannuation funds accelerate climate action: ClimateWorks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... commitments of the country's largest superannuation funds, which collectively hold $1.5 trillion in total assets under management, to address emissions funded through their investments, and evaluates their alignment with the Paris Agreement goal ...

Climate change to bring more frequent, intense weather: IAG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... fire seasons and more extreme bushfires. This will reduce the amount of time able to be spent on mitigation and fuel management activities including hazard burns, IAG noted. There will also be more hailstorms with large to giant hail stones, and in a ...

Ardea, UTS partnership to bring AI to fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Fixed income specialist Ardea Investment Management has launched a new research partnership with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) that will apply machine learning to areas including climate change and government bond investing. The Ardea + ...

IIG launches alternative fund-of funds impact strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... way of doing impact investing." IIG, founded in 2013, has more than 500 investors with $650 million of funds under management. The group has seen growing demand from advisers and private investors looking for impact investment options to help with diversification ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... hearing for a dispute on discovery and privilege earlier this week before mediation on September 22 and a pre-trial case management hearing on September 23, as was first reported in Financial Standard JANA, Rest's asset consultant, has been dragged ...