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ESG ratings "just opinions": Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... opinions that have been issued by sell-side analysts for decades." But ISS ESG global head of ESG thought leadership Duncan Paterson said that ESG research differs in several ways to sell side analysis, pointing to the fact that at ISS, responsible investment ...

Institutional Shareholder Services purchases CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... sector specific research." ISS's commitment to the Australia market was part of the attraction for CAER, said Duncan Paterson, CAER executive director. "We were very interested in the commitment that ISS has to the local market, we thought that they ...

CAER urges investors to consider ESG risks of cannabis companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... policies addressing the emerging cannabis industry, according to CAER. In a recent article, CAER's Jacob Laurent and Duncan Paterson examine the regulatory and social risks to the recreational cannabis industry, noting that the industry is growing quickly ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Editor's note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to run this comment piece from CAER. By Duncan Paterson Impact investment is taking off - but is there a risk that its benefits might be diluted as everyone tries to get on the bandwagon? Investors ...

Julia Leske appointed new chief executive officer of CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
Julia Leske has been named the new chief executive officer of CAER, with founding CEO Duncan Paterson becoming executive director. Leske has worked with CAER for almost a decade, most recently as business development manager. "Julia has been playing ...

Nordea joins Corporate Human Rights Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... Global Network, a worldwide network of ESG research providers which utilise the EIRIS research methodology, and Duncan Paterson, CEO of CAER, has previously told The Sustainability Report Australian investors should comment on the benchmark and support ...

CAER, South Pole Group partner on investment services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
South Pole Group and CAER have partnered to offer investment portfolio carbon footprinting services. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO CAER will distribute analysis services in the Australian and New Zealand market as a result of this partnership, and is led ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... months, with consideration and in conjunction with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), noted Duncan Paterson, chief executive officer and founder of CAER. "HESTA have been looking at this issue for quite a long time," Paterson ...

Investors consider corporate pay links to climate change goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... they are considering climate change questions at a company level, and building that into executives' remit, noted Duncan Paterson, CEO of research provider CAER. "We've been researching this for four or five years - it's a thing we research under climate ...

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark issues draft indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Benchmark (CHRB) has developed draft indicators that will be used to rank companies on their human rights performance. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO The draft indicators are out for public consultation, and CHRB plans to use the indicators in a pilot ranking ...