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Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The fast-growing buy now pay later (BNPL) sector has attracted investor and consumer interest and has led many entrants to jump into the Australian market. Yet investors and financial counsellors are raising concerns about the structure of BNPL products ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... biodiversity, water, community," said Point Advisory CEO and co-founder Neil Salisbury. "We're seeing a number of different drivers and they're multifaceted - the net zero targets that companies are setting that need to come in much earlier than ...

ASX company signs $1.5bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... finance advisor, with other arranging banks, NAB, MUFG and CBA, Roberts said. "The process included Ramsay team members in different countries, across activities including environmental, engineering and procurement in addition to finance, legal and risk," ...

ESG ratings "just opinions": Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... issues." There is also variance around how companies are rated, with the potential for dispersion around the ratings by different providers. "The correlation between ESG ratings of different providers can be 0.5," Singh said. "You can say that's ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... they raised with companies, they also press the case for more comprehensive, clear and globally aligned regulation. If different regulatory regimes are established in each country, ESG disclosure requirements for asset managers could become misaligned ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... to catalyse private investment, Bungcaras said. "The EU is probably leading in that space, as they set up a number of different initiatives to boost public and private investment in low carbon recovery." There also needs to be more support and financial ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... including Aware Super and the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment as a way of demonstrating what actions different entities can implement. "Momentum Tracker is intended to show others how they can use the roadmap and really encourage ...

Integrating the circular economy into investment strategies: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Focusing on building a circular economy that integrates natural capital in terms of both costs and future benefits is a long-term investing strategy, according to American Century Investments. Linking increased focus on the circular economy to World ...

Using climate scenarios to assess company risks, return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... scenarios. What are they doing about it? If they are taking steps to pivot their strategy, the outcome will be very different from what the climate scenario modelling is suggesting at this point in time. It's more important to have a forward-looking ...

Cutting the carbon without sacrificing return: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... month. Breaking the stocks into regional strategies, UBS determined that Low carbon intensity matters differently in different markets, and can particularly have positive impact in Europe, Jones said. "What you'd say is you're not losing performance ...