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What to expect in 2025

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... throes, investors will soon benefit from a clear framework for strong data collection, and portfolio-level metrics, and better risk management. "The investment world is poised to realign itself with the foundational principles of responsible investing ...

Podcast: Responsible investing in the context of conflict with Estelle Parker

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Today we take a closer look at weapons and defence-related holdings. We ask the question, what does responsible investing mean in the context of conflict? To answer this question Estelle Parker, co-CEO at Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Investors zero in on nature, human rights nexus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... and ensuring financial stability, have direct and indirect effects on human rights and socioeconomic conditions. Businesses risk further societal tensions if this nexus is not managed correctly, leading to poor financial returns for investors. For example ...

Future Group ramps up screening

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... these two funds. Future Group partnered with Scientific Beta to build the strategy which avoids industries with high ESG risk and aligns with the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The group said ...

Big names back plastics phaseout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... action to reduce costs on the environment and wider stakeholders will likely put them in a better position to deliver strong risk [adjusted] returns over the long-term." The Global Plastic Treaty, aiming to curb plastic pollution across the supply chain ...

Green moves: Fremantle Seaweed, Impact&ble, Emmi, Petuna Aquaculture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
A climate risk institute has scooped up Altius Asset Management co-founder, meanwhile a company cutting methane from cow burps nabs Ethical Partners' former head of stewardship. Altius Asset Management co-founder Bill Bovingdon has been named the ...

Funds SA loses ESG executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... the investment process, redesigned and managed the socially responsible investment option and developed the first Climate Risk Response Plan and associated reporting against the plan. Funds SA chief executive John Piteo said: "We are thankful for the ...

Green investors face short-term bumps

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Sustainability trends will stay the path despite short-term challenges, according to the latest prediction from an international sustainable asset manager. Robeco's outlook on sustainable investing finds ongoing global economic headwinds have caused ...

Good governance on cyber threats

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... of the list of organisational fears. Key updates to the Cyber Security Governance Principles include digital supply chain risk, data governance and regulatory and legislative shifts. "Over recent years, global conflicts and the evolution of cybercrime ...

Green moves: Westpac, Care Super, BlackRock, Quinbrook, Ortec, CAA

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... client servicing, climate and ESG solutions. A decade-long Ortec veteran, de Reus specialises in stochastic modeling, climate risk evaluation, and scenario analysis to guide financial institutions on climate strategy integration. "There is inevitably ...