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Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... but in the one, three and five year periods. Add to this the demand for products and solutions, here I'm talking about consumer demand that is powered by a different type of energy, seeking solutions that are more sustainable for the climate and for ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Pringle is also co-Chair of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) working group on Meeting Community and Consumer Expectations and has over 20 years' experience working in financial services and technology companies. Rossler cited Pringle's ...

Majority of Australians want greater action on climate change: Glow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... 11-17 March, conducted online using Glow's platform. Panellists are sourced from partner company Dynata, a provider of consumer panels. Glow is a SaaS market research technology platform that makes "rapid, robust and cost effective data insights more ...

Four structural challenges for business to navigate post-lockdown: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... may be more fitting for sectors with specialised components and capital goods, rather than sectors such as fast moving consumer goods, Antia said. "We're talking about navigation systems for planes, hospital grade medical devices," Antia said. "Some ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... in part because highly rated ESG firms are more likely to be in those less cyclical sectors such as tech, healthcare, consumer non-durables, and tend to have less exposure to the energy stocks," Birgden said. "For example, the sector-neutral MSCI ACWI ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Certification Program 2.0 were the result of a 10-month review process, and based on international best practices, detailed consumer research and industry engagement, RIAA said. The enhancements include new rigorous standards, strengthened minimum requirements ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... potential mandatory recycled material, taxes on plastic. That's one side of it. The other big driver we see is increased consumer awareness. That will drive more demand for recycled products." The sources of ESG risk and return in plastics are systemic ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... consumers don't come back into the car showrooms at the pace and level that they used to in the immediate past, and the consumer looks for different value propositions in what they want to buy." Companies are in uncharted waters, and all efforts ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... bushfire emergency, and suggested that the current coronavirus pandemic could lead to concerns over health-related issues. "Consumer expectations and norms are shifting," O'Connor said. "There is an upswing connecting bushfires to climate change to where ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
An impact investment portfolio that seeks out investments in healthcare, tech-enabled consumer, financial services addressing financial exclusion and opportunities in emerging markets is in an unusual position in the first stages of the global response ...