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Company, investor climate change partnership "essential": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... objectives that we want the company to improve on, and we make those objectives as smart and measurable as possible. With oil and gas companies, the five objectives that Robeco pursues are structured around operational carbon efficiency by companies' ...

Human rights, ethical sourcing driving ESG considerations in Asia: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
Stronger regulation and regulatory enforcement in Asian countries, ranging from plastic use and waste to human rights and labour, expose Australian companies to evolving risks and opportunities across environmental and social metrics, according to Ausbil ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... of the US insurers, and the east Asian insurers. We will consider going beyond coal, and for example, take on at least new oil and gas projects. There's no decision on that yet, but that's clearly one decision on the table to consider." Unfriend Coal ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... pressure on the government to focus on climate change policies, in the backdrop of global emissions increases over 2018 and coal, oil and gas remaining the cornerstone of growing energy consumption, according to Capgemini. Anastasia Klingberg, director ...

Ausbil joins Investor Declaration on Plastic Pollution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Ausbil cited the IEA and Credit Suisse in saying plastics account for some 33% (or around 3.2 million barrels a day) of global oil demand growth projected to 2030, through consumption by the petrochemical industry. By 2050, there will be 589 million ...

Sustainable practices can yield sustainable profits: Calvert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... across most industries. Only two industries exhibited divergence of sustainability practices - automobiles, and integrated oil & gas. Further, the report analysed the factors tha drove the degree of convergence and concluded that the biggest single factors ...

Legg Mason launches QS Investors Global Responsible Investment Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... criteria." Exclusions include tobacco, gambling, alcohol, defence and weapons, fur, genetically modified crops, nuclear energy, oil sands and thermal coal. "QS Investors has an excellent long-term track record in the management of global equity portfolios," ...

Rise of automation to drive emergence of "super jobs": Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... the mining industry, where they have individuals based in Perth who are playing a major role in managing a mine site or an oil rig because all the tech leads back to the office. The super job is teaming with the technology, and the individuals are now ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... the long term - coal is expected to lose 7.1% per year to 2030 in the 32 degree scenario, and lose 100% of value to 2050. Oil and gas will lose 4.5 p% per year to 2030, peaking at losing 95.1% in 2050 under a 2 degree scenario, while electric utilities ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... plant based milks in Australia, HK and China; Standard Foods selling oats into Taiwan and China, and Marico selling coconut oil throughout Asia." Ausbil engages with companies on issues like the risks of growing regulatory trends around sugar, or the ...