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The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... polluting and carbon emitting companies are a necessity in emerging markets. As a principle, we do not like to invest in coal, but on the other hand, we do recognise that a country like India cannot run hospitals, schools, fire stations, etc. without ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... 15% of investor base that you eliminate. Q: How is climate risk priced into high yield? A: If an energy utility with brown coal-based generation comes to market, not many people want to invest in it, because some, like us, will say no, we're not ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management and two international fund managers have founded an initiative to accelerate investment in natural capital. The Natural Capital Investment Alliance has been established by the Prince of Wales as part of his ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Water presents a severe investment risk but also a transformational investment opportunity, according to DWS. DWS noted that investors will have to address water risks both as fiduciaries for clients' investment and to deploy capital for sustainable ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
This year tested every principle of sustainability, from the bushfires that began the year to the COVID-19 pandemic. Far from shoving ESG down the agenda, the impacts of both crises proved a force multiplier for the impact of environmental, social and ...

Report calls out AIA's coal-based assets, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Health and life insurer AIA is under pressure to set targets regarding its portfolio holdings in coal and coal-fired electricity assets, with a US-based think tank estimating the company could hold as much as US$6 billion in coal-related assets. The ...

Auction system proposed to halve electricity emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Emissions from coal-fired electricity generators could be drastically reduced by 2030 by introducing a Coal-Generation Phasedown Mechanism (CPM), according to a proposal from a new centre-right think tank. The Blueprint Institute has issued a paper ...

Deep Decarbonisation: Green Hydrogen, Net Zero, and the Future of the EU-ETS

MARK LEWIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... ever since. Perhaps more significantly, though, the Dec-20 EUA contract has also traded at or above the upper end of the coal-to-gas fuel-switching range for most this year. We believe this is the first time in the 15-year history of the EU carbon market ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... investing to propose a mandatory, enforceable rule. Meanwhile, ETF and managed funds provider VanEck closed a NYSE-listed coal-based ETF, the VanEck Vectors Coal ETF (KOL). The fund, which was not offered in Australia, tracked the overall performance ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... SDG-linked strategies preclude holding traditional energy companies and utilities that primarily rely on oil and thermal coal but can invest in energy and utilities companies that are transitioning towards lower emission and renewable energy sources. ...