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BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
BlackRock has joined Climate Action 100+, the global investor initiative that engages with the world's largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters on action on climate change. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... producers. "The catalyst for us to speak out has been they appear to be an attempt to one, portray the call for climate action as one some sort of fringe activism and two, as economically restrictive," said Dr Stuart Palmer, head of ethics research at ...

VicSuper: $3 billion in assets linked to sustainable outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... particular results and that managers know about those companies as well, we can make it a feedback loop as well." Climate action is one of the eight SDGs that VicSuper has prioritised alongside quality education, affordable and clean energy, and good ...

First State Super on Climate Action 100+, engagement, and fund strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... resolutions related to climate risk disclosure and management, First State Super, one of the signatories to the Climate Action 100+ coalition, reflects on the progress made in the first year of work by the group. Liza McDonald, head of responsible investment ...

CBI, WWF call upon central banks, prudential regulators for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Central banks and prudential regulators should take "accelerated action" to reduce systemic financial sector vulnerability to climate risks, increase global green capital allocation, and support transition by bank, insurers, and other financial institutions ...

Put climate resilience at the core of business strategy: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... recently published Business Climate Resilience - Thriving through the transformation, launched to coincide with the UN Climate Action Statement. The report's theme is that "enterprise risk management and transformation to resilient business models are ...

Amundi focuses on green private credit market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on a US$500-million Asia Climate Bond Portfolio, aimed at "accelerat[ing] climate action in the Bank's members and address the underdevelopment of the climate bond market." The project expects to raise an additional ...

Factor investing such as ESG strategies can be wise approach: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... long-run market forces, McDonald said. "I'll take the example of the climate related UN SDGs - sustainable energy and climate action," she said. "All of us - government, corporations and individual human beings - face the challenge of finding sustainable ...

Constructing an impact portfolio as stand-alone strategy: Nuveen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... our impact themes in light of the SDGs, and each of our verticals to the SDGS, no poverty, sustainable cities, climate action, reduced inequality. "We do want to make sure how we articulate our investment thesis does understand, acknowledge and adopt ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, head of ESG research at Ausbil. "We are continuing to engage with those companies as part of Climate Action 100+," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "We conducted six company engagements last year. The way we prioritise engagement is to focus ...