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MSCI Barra purchases data analytics firm Carbon Delta

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... developing "strong partnerships with leading academic and research institutions around the world to advance the use of climate science for financial risk analysis," MSCI said. "Carbon Delta has aimed to create the best climate change scenario analytics ...

Man Group launches proprietary ESG analytics tool for portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... dashboard embeds a proprietary ESG scoring system derived from Man Numeric's data research. The system applies advanced data science and quantitative analysis to disaggregate multi-vendor ESG datasets, allowing the tool to generate a holistic score for ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... likely that climate impacts are under or over-estimated. We can't say exactly what the market is pricing in. Behavioural science suggests that we don't do well at this kind of thing."

ACSI research outlines guidelines to assessing Modern Slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
Five sectors of ASX200 companies - mining, financial services, construction and property, food, beverages and agriculture and healthcare - are most at risk of exposure to modern slavery, according to new research commissioned by the Australian Council ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... increase in corporate support for the recommendations since the launch. 22% of focus companies have set or committed to set a science-based target for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions or equivalent long-term target beyond 2030. A number of companies ...

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
HESTA committed an additional $40 million to its Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT), more than doubling its investment in the social impact vehicle. Michael Lynch, Executive Director, Impact Investing, SVA. Managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) ...

Mercer hires three consultants to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... in managing human rights, social and environmental impacts, risks and opportunities, Mercer said. He holds a Master of Science, Environmental Science and Management from the University of York and BA Honors majoring in Philosophy from the University ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... more productively utilised investing in one of the products profiled on the GIIN website. We would also note the emerging science of assessing a mainstream equity fund's environmental and social impacts, frequently in the context of the UN's Sustainable ...

Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... are not currently imagined, meaning there are needs to retrain and reskill workers, and also attract people with data science and analytics skills. Further, the Morgan Stanley study points out that energy transition and shift to electronic, autonomous ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... working on a detailed plan to achieve our published objective of being carbon neutral by 2050." Vision Super accepts the science of climate change, and that has led the fund to develop plans to transition to a low carbon economy in future. "We haven't ...