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Companies making net zero commitments they need to keep: investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... said. "The main weaknesses were the targets, which don't include scope 3 emission, and the targets aren't ambitious enough to be considered Paris-aligned." Climate Action 100+ calls for companies to explicitly commit to aligning their future ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... of using purchased carbon credits to offset carbon emissions within the portfolio, the risk is that this does not create enough real-world carbon reduction to make meaningful progress to containing climate change, said Brendan Baker, vice president and ...

Healthcare sector offers investment opportunity: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... cases, and as a result, procedure volume fell again. Hospitals were cramped with COVID0-19 cases, and they can't allocate enough capacity towards traditional procedures. "Our thinking is that as we get more vaccination, we should start to see a normalisation ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... circumstances, and incorporate clear escalation measures for non-responsive businesses or those that do not act quickly enough. "We are informed by the science, we have to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees and that means we have to reach net zero by ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... said. "But it starts to hit at the idea of best practice. The questions are, if you don't hit the target, is there a strong enough disincentive to prevent that. Should issuers be more aggressive on the penalties? "As a company coming to market with the ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... invest in undiscounted change. We aim to identify where fundamental changes are happening and we like to give the company enough time to make these changes, so at least two to three years to see the results. If we do not see a stock price react following ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... positive contribution to the SDGs. Robeco's analysts also scan companies for controversies. If they're serious enough, they can preclude the company from inclusion in the fund. They can form the basis for engagement as well. There is some evidence ...

Integrating climate impacts in quant strategies: Acadian Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... price on carbon, our process is measuring how carbon is valued on a day to day basis," he said. "That's flexible and timely enough to pick up on it when it occurs. It's moving beyond what companies are doing today, but integrating more of that forward ...

Companies pledge 100% renewable energy by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... most cost efficiently; if you can install solar and be behind the grid, that is preferable to a PPA, but if you don't have enough rooftop space, then a PPA is the only solution." Resolution Capital recently conducted a survey of Industrial REITs related ...

Investing in the low-carbon transition: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... executive remuneration to decarbonisation targets. Cooper noted that there is a risk that targets are not set at a high enough stretch level, meaning that executives would be remunerated for easier accomplishments. "The problem is, people are not ready ...