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DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... for example the climate transition risks are," Kuijpers said. Our responsible investment committee will review high climate risk companies in our portfolios, and decide whether we should divest such company investments. Our preferred way of dealing with ...

Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... strategy from a company by company level, or an asset class by asset class level." When assessing fund managers on climate risk integration, or for specific ESG portfolio mandates, consultants assess if the data that appears in reports is being used ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... science-based targets for decarbonisation. As previously reported, the £522 billion global fund manager has identified climate risk as one of three megatrends - including biodiversity loss and anti-microbial resistance - that represent market failures ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... network. Investors as major shareholders have a critical role to play in ensuring that they are acting to address climate risk within their portfolio," said Fiona Reynolds, PRI CEO, and member of the Climate Action 100+ global steering committee. "Through ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... you should have things in place. Manage these risks to the best of the ability." Without proper metrics to measure climate risk management, setting proper stretch goals for remuneration becomes challenging. "A lot of these things are not easy to quantify ...

Integrating climate impacts in quant strategies: Acadian Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... governance data, rather than using a single ESG signal in portfolios, Picone said. When this comes to integrating climate risk, Picone cites impacts such as coal asset write-downs, and notes that being able to capture companies' intentions is the key ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
The societal and economic consequences of climate change in a business as usual scenario are expected to be "devastating," but mitigating investment risk based on backward looking data and not future transition is a challenge for investors, according ...

Evolution Mining links value generation to sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... tier one jurisdictions, Canada and Australia," Murfitt noted. "We look at our climate related risks and we have a Climate Risk Position statement." In terms of responsible water use, Evolution has established that they "aspire to reduce the demand for ...

State of the climate report confirms need for climate-aware investing: Future Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Recent observations by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) on the pace and severity of climate change "confirms what people already know" and also gives impetus for investing in line with reducing the risks and effects of climate change, according ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... risks and opportunities that arise from the transition to a zero carbon economy." ACT allows investors to examine climate risk and currently covers listed assets and provide guidance for other asset classes for investors to complete a total portfolio ...