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Factor investing such as ESG strategies can be wise approach: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... from Green Parties, which means that the push for sustainable and positive impact investment is only going to continue in Europe. Institutions will face increased pressure from investors as well as government to shift strategies towards sustainable investment ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... bringing climate change in as a short term risk and as an opportunity." Birgden noted that clients in Australia, the UK and Europe have already begun using the portfolio model and stress testing tool. "This report focuses on sustainable themes, and we ...

Global responsible investment assets top US$30 trillion: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Investment Review brings together the results from regional market studies by the responsible investment forums of Europe, the US, Japan, Canada, Australia & New Zealand. It also includes data on the African responsible investing market and ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets ambitious investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
The big four banks, Australia's largest superannuation funds, insurance companies and industry groups have launched the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative, a collaborative group to steer investment towards human wellbeing, social equity and environmental ...

Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... the wave of very high quality strategic FTAs done with North Asia/SE Asian partnerships has been really critical to that. Europe remains the largest economic partner full stop when we include trade and investment combined, but it's an anomaly that the ...

Institutional Shareholder Services purchases CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... market," said Marija Kramer, ISS ESG managing director. "We do our Japanese coverage out of Japan, we do our continental Europe research out of a couple of hubs there. It made all the sense in the world cover Australia out of Australia. Given CAER's ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... 134 of whom were based in Australia last year. Survey respondents represented 19 countries from the Americas, Asia and Europe, and came from all major industry sectors, Deloitte said. All survey respondents were C-level executives, including CEOs/presidents ...

Calix identifies six sustainability challenges impacting clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... efficiency of the CO2 capture at a pilot plant being built in Brussels. Calix also highlighted crop protection, stating "In Europe, fungicides and pesticides need to be re-registered every 10 years to ensure they comply with stringent safety standards. ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... practices. "From the built environment point of view, we need to be preparing for that," Carter said. "We had GDPR out of Europe for Internet data, and we should in time expect regulation around built environment data, which is becoming considerable. ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... of interest rates, based on sustainability credentials, emerging in both commercial lending and residential mortgages in Europe. Barker is special counsel at MinterEllison, and research affiliate at the University of Oxford. "The other side of fiduciary ...