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Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Core Civic and GEO Group, two companies at the heart of an organised grassroots campaign against US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention, have been flagged for controversies under MSCI 's ESG ratings system. For the US grassroots groups ...

40% of ASX200 fall short of the carbon reduction requirements: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
A large portion of ASX200 companies fall short of carbon reduction requirements under the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), meaning they are at risk of facing regulatory penalties, according to new research from MSCI. Morgan Ellis, senior associate ...

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Nearly half of China's coal power stations are making losses, and their owners could save "nearly US$390 billion by closing plants in line with the Paris Climate Agreement," according to an innovative new study by Carbon Tracker, Matthew Gray, Carbon ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
New Forests has joined the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD). David Brand, New Forests CEO New Forests joined the more than 200 other businesses in the organisation, with particular focus on the WBCSD's work in relation to climate-smart ...

BayernLB joins Climate Bond Initiative as Climate Bonds Partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
BayernLB has joined the Climate Bonds Initiative as a Climate Bonds Partner. BayernLB is a leading financial services provider for the Bavarian and German economies, serving Mittelstand companies and large corporates, savings banks and public authorities ...

Diverse boards can provide "profitability moat" to future returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The level of board diversity is associated with higher contemporaneous return on equity, and can also be a predictor of a company's ability to protect future profits, according to new research from AXA IM Rosenberg Equities. Kathryn McDonald, director ...

ACSI names Kate Griffiths to executive manager role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has appointed Kate Griffiths to the role of executive manager, public policy and advocacy. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO In her new role, Griffiths will be responsible for developing and implementing ...

GPIF selects S&P Down Jones Indices for ESG benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Government Pension Investment Fund for Japan (GPIF) has selected two carbon efficient indices from S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) as the benchmark for their ESG investment strategy. S&P DJI has launched the S&P Global Carbon Efficient Indices include ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched SDG Impact, an initiative designed to help channel private investment and capital into the achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "As outlined in the Secretary-General's vision ...

ASIC report finds 17% of ASX300 identify climate as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued its first report on climate risk disclosures by ASX300 companies. While the statistics discussed in the report are familiar to those who have read similar reports by investment bodies ...