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Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... conversation could also be expressed through engagement around corporate culture with board members, Baig noted. "If you're an upstream-focused company and you want to pivot to new energy and renewables, you can't do it with the same type of staff, so ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... goes even deeper (Scope 3), with a minority of businesses making an informed estimate of indirect emissions that occur upstream through their supply chain and downstream through customers and end users. In the case of an auto manufacturer, for example ...

ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... climate-related scenario analysis to inform their business strategies, and that over 60% of companies report engaging with both upstream and downstream stakeholders on climate-related issues, well above the APAC average (34%). In terms of identified ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... things then we can turn to the task of testing integration models." Rosenberg Equities integrates ESG data downstream and upstream. McDonald defined downstream as an ESG score and using it directly in portfolio construction. "Upstream integration points ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... business earning 5% or more of revenue from things from alcohol, tobacco, gambling, nuclear armaments genetic engineering, upstream fossil fuels, pornography. The SRI screen considers how those companies conduct their business, and that's the ESG side ...

Moving towards an Australian Modern Slavery Act: what does it mean for business?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... consumers purchase and use on a daily basis. This occurs largely through the supply chain and is most prominent in low value, upstream activities that are labour intensive and occur in developing countries, although examples have been found in Australia ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... that are calculated, McDonald said. "This is early days for the research, but what is interesting is that this is very upstream integration of ESG concepts and fundamental valuation and fundamental earnings forecasts," she said. "That is something that ...

Uncorking economic, environmental benefits of wine on tap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... costs. Such cost reduction could be shared with downstream customers who can obtain quality wine at a lower price, or with upstream producers who may be operating unprofitably which could help reduce regional unemployment, or simply retained by the restaurants ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... said. "The environment today is characterised by high turnover in portfolios, high turnover in managers, and leakages upstream like excessive remuneration and merger and acquisitions activity, which doesn't necessarily create long term value, as well ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... amount of data that is assured. G4 will require companies to take into consideration their value chain to understand their upstream and downstream impacts, which will cause an adjustment of boundary and supply chain reporting, and will cause companies ...