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ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Engaging with small and mid-cap companies around key environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues is key to uncovering high quality companies making a positive impact on sustainable outcomes, according to Perennial Value Management. Damian ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... possibility of outlawing the practices of secondary boycotts by environmental groups campaigning against industries such as fossil fuel producers. "The catalyst for us to speak out has been they appear to be an attempt to one, portray the call for climate ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... has lodged shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB and ANZ, calling on the banks to reduce lending and exposure to fossil fuel companies consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Climate-related resolutions have been filed ...

BlackRock launches unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... nuclear power, adult entertainment and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The fund also has an additional full fossil fuel screen to exclude companies with an industry tie to fossil fuels, in particular reserve ownership, related revenues and power ...

RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... website were seeking investment products that screened out fossil fuels, compared with 5% of total weighted AUM being fossil fuel free. The second most popular screen was human rights, at 22%, while 4% of total AUM screened out negative performers on ...

MSCI creates Climate Change Indexes tilted to low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... Low Carbon transition score, which measures a company's exposure to low carbon transition risk, carbon emissions and fossil fuel reserves, and its exposure to opportunities including alternative energy and clean-technology, MSCI said. They can be used ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... activities expose them to indirect carbon risks," Sustainalytics noted in its report. "By underwriting coverage for fossil fuel projects, the insurance industry enables projects that worsen climate change, which increases the frequency and severity of ...

Teachers Mutual Bank receives RIAA certification for products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... Programme is also a RIAA certified ethical investment. $500 million of this investment was certified in June 2015 based on fossil fuel exclusions, rising to $1 billion in 2018 with an additional $500 million investment covering exclusions in alcohol ...

Zuper Super launches Wealthness hub to educate, engage member base

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
Zuper Super has launched Wealthness, a content hub aimed at engaging with its membership base on themes of financial wellbeing. Zuper Super launched last year, and Wealthness is designed focus on life factors that impact on people's ability to make ...

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Tracker The financial think tank has used satellite images to assess the everyday use and on-going profitability of fossil fuel power plants, combined with machine learning techniques to estimate the activity of each coal plant. The report was written ...