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APAC investors ahead of North America on climate action: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... starting to change. At this point, climate change data isn't perfect yet, and there are gaps and inconsistencies, but in the last few years, there have been increases in the quality and quantity of this data. "It's started to move away from the esoteric ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... particularly younger members. "The other pressure is on divestment, which is what our members understand," Edwards says. "Very few members understand the role of engagement, measurement and active ownership. And we have the government saying we can't ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Yong, green bonds and ESG analyst at BNP Paribas Asset Management. "We're trying to say, where is the issuer going in the next few years? Is the direction of travel aligned with the Paris Agreement, or some kind of international benchmarks for plastic ...

Investors shifting to net zero targets: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... 29% of investors expecting to do the same. "Nearly 90% see climate change as central to their policies now or in the next few years, and the other thing that we clearly see is that the wave of net zero commitments we see in the market in the last year ...

Low-cost, high-reliability road to renewable energy: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... back-up and 90% renewable energy with gas as a back-up. "What you find is that we can make some real progress in the next few years," said Tony Wood, program director, energy and climate change and co-author of the report. "Any of the coal fired generators ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... stakeholders that companies now need to be mindful of, aside from just directly their shareholders," Davila said. "In the last few years, we have been more explicit in our asks when we speak with companies, how do you think about resilience, especially ...

Women near parity in 2021 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... advocacy. "This is where we need it to stay to maintain the momentum on board gender diversity that we have seen over the past few years." Over the last 10 years the appointment rate of women on ASX 200 boards has climbed steadily from 28% in 2011 to ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... seen the challenges our client have across the ESG space, and when we designed this particular product, we took in mind a few things," said Daniel Cheever, head of State Street Institutional Services in Australia. "One is that there are a number of rating ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Van der Werf noted that lab-cultured meat protein is still mostly the realm of "venture capital and start-ups," although a few companies are operating pilot programs around that. Robeco is also tracking changing consumer preferences in major markets ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... chain challenge of distributing the vaccines, some of whom require storage at sub-zero temperatures and must be used within a few hours of thawing. "In the developed world, it should be a fairly straightforward process," said Nathan Roost, a partner ...