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APRA releases climate risk assessment results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... and targets. "While many institutions indicated that they measure and monitor climate risks using quantitative or qualitative approaches and set targets, use of more advanced quantitative risk metrics such as scope 3 and financed emissions, and forward-looking ...

CFOs see ESG action as central: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... ESG action - 65% of CFOs see this as a top barrier to their business doing more on ESG. Dobson said that bringing qualitative metrics into the analysis is important to measuring effectiveness of ESG action, a point he reiterates in speaking with CFOs ...

Integrating just transitions into climate calculations: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... how to integrate human rights into climate considerations. For the moment, many of the calculations are based on a qualitative understanding of the impacts and opportunities, Reid noted. "It is a combination of that qualitative understanding of the issue ...

Wayfinding for deeper engagement in ethical investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... and performance measurement. "Performance measurement, as Wayfinding highlights, ought to include quantitative and qualitative company data and stakeholder perceptions and a lot more besides," Rodger Spiller said. "... At the opposite end of the greenwashing ...

Cultural factors influence ESG approaches: Morgan Stanley Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... is useful, but going to meet with companies and getting a sense for how they are operating is part of our artisanal qualitative approach to investing."

Fostering equity, inclusion key to diversity gains: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... on wide-ranging analysis of the academic and industry literature on diversity, equity and inclusion, supported by qualitative interviews with practitioners and a review of leading organisations. Regnan also proffers a model based on research from Cornell ...

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... non-essential capex being spent on renewable assets. "That's why we're focused on forward looking metrics and qualitative analysis as part of the framework," Homer said. "You may have two companies that have the same commitment by 2050, but if ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... the direction of travel and the probability of success." Aviva will measure responsiveness and progress based on a qualitative assessment of progress against Aviva Investors' climate engagement framework and quantitative improvements against the firm's ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... a lot of information available. The first step is really, is this data available and what does it say. Step two is qualitative - that's where the analyst has to come to an assessment of how to look at how the company operates, and there I'd say ...

RealIndex appoints former Acadian executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... required on the team," Walsh said. Walsh noted that in addition to Nash, RealIndex had hired Ron Guido in June as senior qualitative portfolio manager in June, as sister publication Financial Standard reported at the time. RealIndex manages funds using ...