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Natixis joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... market pioneer in green origination and distribution, and to double green business revenues by 2020," said Orith Azoulay, Global Head of Green & Sustainable Finance, Corporate & Investment Banking, Natixis. "As such, this partnership demonstrates, once ...

Sustainalytics acquires GES International, increases global reach

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Sustainalytics has acquired GES International, a global provider of engagement, screening and fiduciary voting services to institutional investors. Michael Jantzi, CEO, Sustainalytics The acquisition combines Sustainalytics' ESG research and ratings ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... standards for product responsibility in particular countries, and they effectively made this standard a 'baseline' for global processes. "The interest with this particular research was to look at whether that was anything of concern in product ranges," ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... assessment falls into a wider category of investment risks relating to human rights," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "Supply chains are global, they're becoming more dynamic, more complex. There are the current trade wars, labour costs going up in China, Chinese ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
Digitalization and the increased integration of digital technologies are a double edged sword, bringing benefits, but also presenting risks to environment, society and governance, according to Simon Carter, managing director of Morphosis. Simon Carter ...

Insight Investment analyses ESG factors affecting sovereign credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... research from Insight Investment. Bruce Murphy, director, Australia and New Zealand, Insight Investment Insight Investment, a global investment manager, has developed a country rating model to explore how ESG factors affect sovereign debt portfolios. ...

Companies engage with material human rights issues: BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... its Human Rights Deep Dive Analysis via BCSD Australia - formerly Sustainable Business Australia. The deep dive examines global business disclosures pertaining to human rights, "with a view to supporting a better understanding of the state of reporting ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... the October release of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5oC only adds to the governing context of directors when it comes to managing climate risk. The IPCC report urgently ...

BlackRock Real Assets names Charlie Reid to lead Asia-Pac renewables

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... invested in over 70 wind and solar assets across a range of European markets," Blackrock said. "Representing over half of the global renewable infrastructure opportunity, Asia Pacific is the next frontier in the green energy transition," Reid said. "I ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... allegations, Thwing Eastman said. Thwing Eastman noted that there are not many listed private prison companies in MSCI's global universe, and not all of them are part of MSCI's ESG research. She cited UK-based G4S as one comparison and noted that G4S ...