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GCNA awarded federal grant to provide training on modern slavery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The federal government has granted the UN Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) nearly $100,000 to help companies tackle modern slavery risks under the National Community Crime Prevention Program. Vanessa Zimmerman, founder, Pillar Two GCNA will use ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has awarded Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova 's Global Sustainable Equity Fund. Simon O'Connor, CEO RIAA Mirova is the sustainable investment affiliate manager to Natixis Investment ...

ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Regional governments, companies and banks have to get ahead of that wave of change." ASEAN issuance represented 3% of the global total and 12% of the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, up from 1% and 5% in 2018, respectively. Cumulative ASEAN issuance since ...

Coronavirus pandemic produces supply chain crisis: Baker McKenzie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The coronavirus pandemic has produced "an unprecedented global supply chain crisis" that is based on a lack of flexibility in global supply chains and a lack of diversification in sourcing strategies, according to a new report from Baker McKenzie and ...

Modern slavery, climate risk key elements of RI activity: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Engaging with companies on modern slavery exposure and risks of climate change are key elements of First Sentier Investors' responsible investment activities both in 2019 and 2020, the fund manager said. Kate Turner, responsible investment specialist ...

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia, outlining pathways where technology, business and investor action and government policy can be deployed to reach global goals of keeping warming below 1.5 or 2 degrees. "There are two main points that can be done today," said Amandine Denis-Ryan ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Examples for other types of businesses could include the risk of being isolated by floods or exposure to a disruption of global logistics due to a natural disaster. The second type of risk relates to a company's own environmental impact. Carbon inefficient ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... have used debt to fuel share buy-backs, they could be fragile and unprepared in a moment such as the current state of the global economy, where cash will be necessary to tide businesses over during the global response to the novel coronavirus. Further ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... downturn of financial markets, according to fund managers with fundamental qualitative ESG-themed portfolios. Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of stewardship and sustainable investing, Fidelity International. Although managers caution that financial markets ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Material issues related to climate change, modern slavery and human rights in the supply chain, plastic pollution were some of the topics that formed the basis of engagement in 2019 for fund manager Ausbil Investment Management. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny ...