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Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... And meats (farm animals emit greenhouse gases) make up 4% of exports. It has been argued that ways that impede these industries may cause a slowdown in the economy and even a recession. This could lead to an increase in unemployment. Furthermore, mining ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... lease a further 2,700 sqm, moving around 150 staff from Collingwood. Younghusband is retaining key existing creative industries and light manufacturing tenants who have previously occupied the building, Fox Darkroom and Gallery, Ironside Studios, and ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Australian companies. Both ETFs have a tilt towards "climate leaders" - companies that exhibit best performance in their industries from a carbon emission perspective. Both ETFs screen out companies with material exposure to fossil fuel, gambling, tobacco ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... that if policy action continues, it could accentuate the decline of some regional communities, "particularly where key industries have been destroyed by the fires - with some taking their insurance and rebuilding elsewhere. This will only further centralise ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... drive the clean energy transition. "Climate change poses a systemic risk for investors, along with opportunities for industries to develop innovative solutions," said Anne Simpson, member of the Climate Action 100+ Steering Committee and director of ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... divestment," O'Connor said. "What we often see is that there is an expectation by beneficiaries that the most harmful industries are avoided in their investment. We see again that exclusions across tobacco and controversial weapons are common and cover ...

ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... those types of things.... "We're careful to not invest in things where we think there's reputational risk, and we avoid industries where there's ongoing decline." Since inception in February 2018, the trust has delivered a +12.7% p.a. return net of fees ...

flexigroup pricing $265million ABS with green tranches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... flexigroup. "There continues to be increasing appetite amongst current and new investors to support green initiatives and industries, which is evident in the pricing achieved in connection with this latest transaction. flexigroup relaunched its BNPL ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... therefore investment risk, Chinnery noted. "From a business perspective, the evidence is really clear and it's across industries," she said. "It all points to productivity as one of the biggest impacts as a result of sexual harassment. Workers are less ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... raised the possibility of outlawing the practices of secondary boycotts by environmental groups campaigning against industries such as fossil fuel producers. "The catalyst for us to speak out has been they appear to be an attempt to one, portray the ...