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Aviva Investors identifies megatrends representing market failures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Aviva Investors has identified three megatrends - climate change, biodiversity loss and anti-microbial resistance - that represent market failures that investors should address with companies and government. Steve Waygood, chief responsible investment ...

Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... operations or business practices. The fund is also an active investor and engages with management teams in invested companies. Climate remains an overarching theme that the fund is actively managing. "An example of a megatrend that we are keeping an ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... common ground, and that comes down to the engagement piece," she said. "We engage with companies on big, broad issues like climate change, remuneration, and social and governance issues that might come up. That's where we can combine our investment power ...

Future Business Council to close, join BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... and advocacy work of FBC. "We're really proud of the work that's been done, particularly things like the reports, the climate related financial disclosures work," Kent said. "Now is the time to really give weight, to cease the fragmentation." The decision ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The COVID-19 pandemic is not likely to halt regulatory and investor expectations around corporate progress on climate change risk, according to MinterEllison. Sarah Barker, head of climate risk governance at Minter Ellison Lawyers MinterEllison recently ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
While business and investment focus in on managing the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change remains a long-term systemic risk that will return to the forefront once the crisis has stabilised, according to AMP Capital. Emily Woodland, head of sustainable ...

ESG focus on climate change, income inequality: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Climate change risks will impact virtually all of T. Rowe Price's portfolio holdings to various degrees, leading the global fund manager to factor climate change into analysts' evaluation. Maria Elena Drew, Director of Research, Responsible Investing ...

Four structural challenges for business to navigate post-lockdown: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... They're not easily found elsewhere, and firms like this are more susceptible to future supply disruptions, whether they're climate-based, pandemic-based or politically-based." These goods tend to have higher margins, and these higher margins may offset ...

U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... it is an increasingly significant material ESG risk," Laird said. "One thing we feel quite strongly about is that the climate movement doesn't lose too much momentum through this." U Ethical is part of Climate Action 100+, Laird noted. "We want to continue ...

IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... looking at TCFD frameworks, that will start to ratchet up." IFM Investors is producing a report based on the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines this year. IFM Investors announced the individual emissions reduction targets ...