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Paradice Investment Management appoint head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Paradice Investment Management has hired Nicholas Varcoe as head of ESG. Varcoe will work with the Paradice investment teams to "drive forward the integration of ESG factors, including climate change and modern slavery, in investment decision-making ...

Does it pay to worry about ESG factors in emerging markets?

ERNEST YEUNG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... comparative long-term value creation between those companies that do versus those that do not. Ultimately, we make investment decisions based on financial considerations, however, as part of our objective to make money for investors, we also consider ...

The Sustainability Report relaunched as FS Sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... how environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors are integrated into both retail and institutional investment, and corporate strategy across ASX listed companies. The rebrand to FS Sustainability reflects the alignment of the publication ...

The TCFD framework - What is it and how can it be applied to investment analysis?

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... first step in enabling portfolio managers and analysts to systematically incorporate climate change considerations into investment analysis (see Figure 1 on the next page of this paper). What are the TCFD recommendations? The TCFD framework is a market-driven ...

Identifying climate change risks in investment analysis

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate-related risks (and opportunities) all carry a large degree of uncertainty about them that can make investors and investment managers uncomfortable. However, they are not dissimilar to other unknowns, which investment managers take a view on and ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... rights impacts on employees in the supply chain both in Australia and internationally have raised concerns in business, investment and civil society circles. Supply chains are complex and interwoven, and the coronavirus pandemic has caused a crisis that ...

ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... management and the board. Institutional investors have for a number of years included sustainability criteria in their investment assessments and valuation decisions. In Canada, for example: 80% of institutional investors in Canada use ESG principles ...

Why sustainability matters in real estate

CHRIS NUNN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). This will require Australian real estate companies to have quantified the potential investment implications of the transition to zero carbon. This may include costs related to: Ongoing energy efficiency improvements ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... long-term governance at founder-led companies is not always correlated to environmental and social out-performance. As investment managers continue to evaluate which companies have outperformed through the COVID-19 related economic crisis and what role ...

Sustainability, fair trade organisations call for equitable COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... regional partnerships to drive economic recovery, build environmental resilience and enhance regional outcomes; 4. Investment in fair, transparent and more inclusive trade; and 5. Reduced structural inequalities to protect and support the most vulnerable. ...