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COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... number of experts this week about how COP26 commitments will impact on businesses and investments. COP26 commitments as catalyst to private investment As COP26 was getting underway, Impax Asset Management head of policy and advocacy Chris Dodwell said ...

Managing biodiversity loss a governance risk: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... biodiversity. They are the net results where we start to feel the consequences of our behaviour. Climate change is almost a catalyst of what we've been doing." There is a "clear need" for regulation and enforcement around land use around the world, but ...

Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... there has been progress- the Paris Agreement, for example, and the recognition that the financial industry "is a key catalyst for the real economy to combat climate change." "From my perspective, investors are only now discovering more forcefully that ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... leave the PRI to return to Australia, she reflects on the growth of ESG and the PRI's growth during her tenure. Reynolds' catalyst to returning was personal - her father recently suffered a stroke and died, and she was unable to be in Australia with ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the financial sector. ASFI is also aiming to establish a permanent ASFI body by mid 2021 to act as a clearing house and catalyst for implementation. In terms of forward work, the report noted "the industry will benefit from developing and utilising emerging ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Modern slavery, climate change and decarbonisation, engagement with indigenous people, waste and good corporate culture were key topics of engagement for Ausbil Investment Management. Ausbil recently released its engagement report covering its activities ...

Investors lag in integrating climate risk: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Investors are increasingly acknowledging climate change as a major risk, but some have not yet incorporated it in investment processes, according to PGIM. PGIM has released research, Weathering Climate Change: Opportunities and Risks in an Altered Investment ...

Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... tend to be longer term structural winners," he said. "Another one is our relative value bucket, and the third one is our catalyst bucket. The first bucket of thematic investments has a little more net exposure. The relative value bucket is more sector ...

Fashion industry shows action, gaps in ethical sourcing: Baptist World Aid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... of companies reported piloting or implementing new systems through the crisis period. The COVID crisis has acted as a catalyst for change as companies were forced to amend their processes as countries locked down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. ...

Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... the required convergence towards more standard and comparable metrics with the intention of serving as "an important catalyst for private-sector action, with ripple effects throughout our economies." The investor initiative has cited the IPBES Global ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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