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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 ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... its regulatory push, the ESG flows will be extremely strong." Amundi also believes that the coronavirus may act as a catalyst for the ESG landscape, with four elements that may play out in the near future: an increasing focus on the social pillar, as ...

Majority of Australians want greater action on climate change: Glow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... combat climate change, according to a poll conducted by research platform Glow. Glow recently released its report Climate Catalyst, based on a survey of 5,256 people to measure their levels of "trust and satisfaction with governmental response to climate ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... it's not just about modern slavery, but health and safety. We've always argued that the Modern Slavery Act is a catalyst - it's about wider human rights issues." Sutcliffe of CARE International UK reinforced the point. "There is a need to ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... gradual move and implementation of the future of work. "We are currently witnessing COVID-19 acting as a very effective catalyst for a major workplace transformation," said Megan Motto, Governance Institute of Australia CEO. "We are seeing organisations ...