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Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
This article first appeared on sister site Industry Moves Rade Muslin is a climate risk expert from the US who has worked with governments, businesses, and the farm industries to address the risks that come from extreme ecological events. He shares ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... such as modern slavery and materials safety. (source: AMP Capital) AMP Capital has identified climate change as a material risk, both in terms of physical risks and adaptation risk. "It's a tricky problem for physical impacts, because you're looking ...

Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... in Queensland, The Wilderness Society assessed Australian companies for their management of the exposure to deforestation risk in their supply chain. "We wanted to understand that given that the rest of the world, especially the US and EU is moving to ...

HESTA allocates $200m to healthcare property mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... mandate and our strong connections and knowledge of the sector will unlock opportunities that can provide strong long-term risk-adjusted returns and alignment with our members." HESTA was a co-founder of ISPT and is invested across the ISPT platform ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Quantitative investment managers tell The Sustainability Report that ESG considerations are part of their strategies to manage risk and long-term investment performance, and the quality of ESG data and analysis is improving, giving greater confidence ...

Ausbil joins Investor Declaration on Plastic Pollution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... manager to sign up to the Investor Declaration on Plastic Pollution (IDPP), a declaration citing plastic pollution as a clear risk to the environment and to the branding of companies associated. Nicholas Varcoe, ESG analyst, Ausbil IDPP was launched ...

First State Super on Climate Action 100+, engagement, and fund strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... midst of an AGM season in which several Australian listed companies are facing shareholder resolutions related to climate risk disclosure and management, First State Super, one of the signatories to the Climate Action 100+ coalition, reflects on the ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian listed equities benchmark has slightly less unmanaged environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk than benchmarks in the US, UK and Canada, with the exception of the Australian materials sector, which has relatively more risk than ...

CBI, WWF call upon central banks, prudential regulators for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Developing and expanding response mechanisms using central banks prudential regulation & monetary policy toolkit to offset climate risk and support orderly transition is the next stage." The report further calls on central banks to deliberately skew ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... infrastructure in the United States. The resolutions follow others challenging Rio Tinto, QBE, Suncorp and AGL to manage climate risk. IAG and Origin Energy face similar resolutions at their AGMs in the coming weeks as well. It will be a busy season ...