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Sustainable Digitalisation Project to set goals for real estate and cities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... and its social impacts, terrorism, etc.? There are a lot of unintended consequences of which we are increasingly becoming aware." The SDP is a continuance of a paper Carter wrote last year, Crossing the Threshold, which outlined 24 environmental, social ...

Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
This article first appeared on sister site Industry Moves Rade Muslin is a climate risk expert from the US who has worked with governments, businesses, and the farm industries to address the risks that come from extreme ecological events. He shares ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian listed equities benchmark has slightly less unmanaged environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk than benchmarks in the US, UK and Canada, with the exception of the Australian materials sector, which has relatively more risk than ...

MSCI issues guide for investor reporting to TCFD guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Salvatico, executive director, client coverage, at MSCI. "It was very quickly adopted by companies and investors became aware of this, and also saw that TCFD provides an ideal framework to engage their managers on climate change risks and opportunities. ...

Foresight Group launches Foresight Renwable Energy Income Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Global Compact. "Australian investors - whether they are retail, wholesale or institutional - are becoming more climate-aware and increasingly seeking domestic green infrastructure opportunities, that have an ongoing and verifiable environmental impact," ...

Retail investors would accept lower returns for ethical performance: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... investors do not have a monopoly on sophisticated judgment. The data shows that Australian retail investors are now keenly aware of the importance of reputation, transparency, ethical behavior, values alignment and social responsibility." The report ...

BlackRock launches unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Select ex-Fossil Fuels Index and is AUD hedged. It is "designed for ESG-aware investors seeking a core fixed income exposure to Global fixed income securities and follows the February 2019 launch ...

Fidelity International appoints Jenn-Hui Tan global head of stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
Fidelity International has appointed Jenn-Hui Tan as global head of stewardship and sustainable investing. Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of stewardship and sustainable investing, Fidelity International Tan was previously head of capital markets and corporate ...

CEFC, Ironstone Capital create Warada Capital, specialist joint venture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... Series. "I'm delighted to be joining Australia's leading financier in the clean energy sector," Jenkins said. "We are keenly aware that clients are actively looking for opportunities to make long-term investments with financial and environmental benefits. ...

Low Carbon Readiness Index measures motivation to reduce carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... global divestment movement - and our role is to provide an outlet for people who are already climate active, politically aware and want to take the next step towards that." In Future Super's case the questions to test individual motivation would include ...