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Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... MSCI World Index over the same period. The strategy also has "little exposure to carbon-intensive businesses such as travel, oil and energy, which have been severely affected by travel restrictions and the steep decline in economic activity around the ...

U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... moved to exclude fossil fuel from their portfolios, last year, Fernie noted, which partially sheltered the portfolio from oil stocks underperformance. "Like a lot of other ESG and ethical managers, we hold higher weights in sectors such as healthcare ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) lodged four shareholder resolutions with the AGM of ASX-listed oil and gas company Woodside Petroleum Limited. The AGM was held 30 April in Perth. Resolution 4(b) asked the company to "to set ...

Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) lodged four shareholder resolutions with the AGM of ASX-listed oil and gas company Woodside Petroleum Limited. The AGM was held 30 April in Perth. Resolution 4(b) asked the company to "to set ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... event, we've found.... Looking at those three categories, in terms of our negative screen, one of the major underperformer, oil, having no exposure there has been a good thing. On the flip side, there are a number of stock we don't have like ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... companies with a material exposure to fossil fuels, and FAIR excludes the big four Australian banks. This means that when an oil price war broke out earlier this year between Saudi Arabia and Russia, the ETFs were already insulated from market volatility ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... categories: pornography, gaming, animal testing, armaments, alcohol, tobacco, and three categories in fossil fuels- thermal coal, oil sands, and oil and gas. These screens feed into Praemium's existing capabilities that permit customisation of portfolios. ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... relevance. "Everyone likes to do carbon data, but it doesn't always give you the right answer," she said. "If you look at an oil pipeline, just on the basis of carbon emissions, it would do really well, but that goes against what we would be doing within ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... the required change. Australia is a resource rich nation that exports coal, fossil fuels and meat. Mineral fuels including oil make up 34.6% of total exports. Ores, slag and ash (including iron ore) make up 23.5% of exports. And meats (farm animals emit ...

GSSB developing new GRI standard for agriculture and fishing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... to the energy sector for greenhouse gas emissions." This is the second of the GRI Sector Standards under development, after oil, gas and coal, GRI noted. It is planned that further sectors, focused on those with the highest impacts, will be added in ...