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ARENA grants additional funding for Monash Uni renewables study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... be an ongoing issue for decades not only in Australia but globally." The project will use the West Murray Region of the north west Victorian network as the case study, due to the region's current system stability challenges. Renewable sources have had ...

Taking a closer look at corporate lobbying on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... views on examples of good or poor corporate climate change lobbying practices. Much of the literature on lobbying focuses on North America and Europe. Australian and New Zealand perspectives and experiences tend to get much less attention, and the lessons ...

Local Government Super certified carbon neutral by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... rated buildings in the LGS direct property portfolio include four commercial office buildings located in the Sydney CBD, North Sydney and Macquarie Park, NSW. The portfolio also includes two sub-regional shopping centres in Leichhardt, Sydney and Bateman's ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Europe, ESG has become a beta strategy and therefore is crucial for diversification in multifactor portfolios, while in North America, ESG remains an alpha strategy and diversification adds little value. Amundi attributes the difference to the result ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investing (UNPRI). MBA GLI is majority owned by its co-founders and today manages over AU$5 billion for clients across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions, focussing on concentrated portfolios of listed infrastructure ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The COVID-19 pandemic is not likely to halt regulatory and investor expectations around corporate progress on climate change risk, according to MinterEllison. Sarah Barker, head of climate risk governance at Minter Ellison Lawyers MinterEllison recently ...

IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
IFM investors is reporting a nearly 8% reduction in carbon emissions across its Australian infrastructure portfolio in the 2018/2018 financial year. Chris Newton, head of responsible investing at IFM Investors. The IFM Investors' FY 2019 Australian ...

Northern Trust launches ESG Analytics Summary for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has launched new analytical capabilities to provide institutional investors with greater insights into their environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposures. Serge Boccassini, product lead, Investment Accounting and Analytic ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... exclude, hold or substitute securities, so customisation as a broader term," Cilmi said. "That technology had been there for north of 15 years. What we've observed out of that is that there's more and more use of it on ESG grounds." Managed accounts ...

Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
As asset owners continue to integrate environmental, social and corporate governance into their investment and operations processes, integrating ESG considerations into securities lending programs is a consideration on the agenda. Natalie Floate, head ...