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Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... management to manage this." The focus on the Mekong region comes as manufacturing and outsourcing is moving from places like China into other Asian region countries, meaning that investors have to widen their focus to monitor and manage risks. "Manufacturing ...

Emerging markets bring exposure to unmanaged ESG risk: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Vezer, manager, thematic research. "A lot of investor interest has been focusing on emerging market equities, and the US/China trade war, has been creating tension in emerging markets. That, as well as IMF cutting its projection for several markets including ...

Australia's green bond issuance tops $15 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... bond issuance reached $15.6 billion as of the end of June 2019, placing Australia third in the Asia-Pacific region behind China (US$91.5 billion) and Japan (US$12.4 billion) and in front of South Korea at fourth (US$6.7 billion) and Indonesia at fifth ...

T. Rowe Price analyses water, energy, food nexus and investment impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... mobilise around locally impactful issues like water scarcity, rising food prices, or pollution." "We have a great example in China," Drew said. "There is good evidence showing how a government that can act quite quickly has started to implement regulatory ...

Majority of Asia-Pacific investors expect to integrate ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... representing about US$23 trillion in assets under management. Across Asia Pacific, 110 asset owners and managers were included from China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... much focus on what is industry best practice," Carlsson-Sweeney said. "By going to places like Bangladesh, Cambodia and China, you see the best factories, you see what leaders are doing, and then you come back and say this is what we'd like you to do. ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... chains are global, they're becoming more dynamic, more complex. There are the current trade wars, labour costs going up in China, Chinese capital flowing out of China into new countries, changing the supply chains, and that can introduce new risks for ...

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Nearly half of China's coal power stations are making losses, and their owners could save "nearly US$390 billion by closing plants in line with the Paris Climate Agreement," according to an innovative new study by Carbon Tracker, Matthew Gray, Carbon ...

Climate Bond Initiative identifies nearly 400 green infrastructure projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... was the second largest cumulative source of issuance within the Asia Pacific region in the first half of 2018, second to China and twelfth in the overall world ranking. In the first half of 2018, New Zealand saw NZ$200 million issued. "Australia has ...

Finance sector calls for development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Action Plan for Financing Sustainable Growth, the UK Green Finance Taskforce, Canada's Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance, China's Green Credit Guidelines, Norway's Roadmap for Green Competitiveness in the Financial Sector and Indonesia's Sustainable ...