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The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... than 2000 empirical studies by Gunnar Friede, Timo Busch and Alexander Bassen, published in the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment found a high correlation between emerging market companies with strong ESG performance and strong financial ...

SGX hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Exchange (SGX) has hired Herry Cho to a newly created position of managing director, head of sustainability and sustainable finance. Cho will report to SGX CEO Loh Boon Chye, and joins 8 February. Her appointment is the latest stage in SGXs "multi-pronged ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... practice, working for public and private sector clients on climate risk, renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable finance. Prior to that, he was executive director of Climate Strategies, and senior strategy manager at Carbon Trust, both in ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... objectives: collaborate with First Nations Peoples' to increase their voices in responsible investment and sustainable finance; assist with facilitating First Nations peoples' conversations for the responsible investment sector; facilitate education ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
The development of an industry-led taxonomy to provide common definitions of sustainable finance across investment, banking and insurance is one of the next steps in implementing the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative roadmap (ASFI), but while ...

Downer inks $1.4 billion sustainability-linked debt facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... for their investors and lenders," said Hamish Kelly, head of global banking, HSBC Australia. "Interest in sustainable finance has spread widely since the first Australian green bond was issued in 2014 and newer instruments like sustainability-linked ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Expertise, Robeco, cited the European Union as an example. "You can clearly see that the EU is taking an ambitious sustainable finance plan as part of the EU green deal," van Lamoen said. "In the coming years, financial institutions and investors will ...

Roadmap outlines sustainable transformation for finance industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... list of recommendations to transform Australia's financial system to sustainable outcomes. The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) has released its final roadmap, outlining 37 recommendations to enable the financial services sector, in conjunction ...

Regulator appoints first head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... practice, working for public and private sector clients on climate risk, renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable finance. Prior to that, he was executive director of Climate Strategies, and senior strategy manager at Carbon Trust, both in ...

PRI executive appointed to European Platform on Sustainable Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... has appointed PRI Chief Responsible Investment Officer Nathan Fabian as chair of the European Platform on Sustainable Finance. The Platform on Sustainable Finance will advise the European Commission on the development of robust and science-based technical ...