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Trucost hires Michael Salvatico to head APAC ESG business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Trucost, part of S&P Global, has hired Michael Salvatico as head of Asia Pacific ESG business development. Michael Salvatico, executive director, client coverage, MSCI Salvatico comes to the role from MSCI, where he was executive director. Salvatico ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... said. "A lot of them say, modern slavery, never heard of this, why bother? So we had to develop and provide educational material as part of this to give the suppliers a bit of clarity around why they're completing this. The second learning was that to ...

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... scenarios include increased policy action," she said. "The 2 degree deploy scenario means accelerated deployment with material and demonstrated technologies, so that means that there will be a lot of policy support to enter the scale needed. It means ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Companies with stronger performance on material environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations appear to be performing more strongly in the abrupt downturn of financial markets, according to fund managers with fundamental qualitative ESG-themed ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Material issues related to climate change, modern slavery and human rights in the supply chain, plastic pollution were some of the topics that formed the basis of engagement in 2019 for fund manager Ausbil Investment Management. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... climate effort." Meanwhile, Phineas Glover, head of ESG research APAC at Credit Suisse noted that water stress was a material global issue globally and also in Australia, with the twin impacts of the country's longest drought intersecting with the country's ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... 7.78% while the MSCI world index is down 10.26%, according to BetaShares. Both ETHI and FAIR exclude companies with a material exposure to fossil fuels, and FAIR excludes the big four Australian banks. This means that when an oil price war broke out ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... impacts of COVID-19 and market volatility," she said. "What gets measured, gets managed. Transparent, robust reporting on material climate impacts by all companies is a key building block to navigating the zero-emissions transition."

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... employment and reduced carbon emissions intensity, Wesfarmers will receive a margin discount on their loan. Conversely, material underperformance would trigger an increase in pricing, CBA said. The discount will be available across the three-year term ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... low-carbon economy." Governments are uniquely exposed to both transition risk and physical risk, and these risks are material and growing, according to Sylvain Chateau, Co-Founder, Beyond Ratings. "Governments are exposed to transition risk, which is ...