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Apply a holistic ESG lens to emerging markets: PGIM Fixed Income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... that there was already a shortage, and a lot of the raw materials needed are concentrated in emerging markets including in Russia. China is also the top refiner of these metals by far. "As a result, the cost of all these technologies have risen for the ...

Gap in financing solutions for refugees: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Despite increasing investor interest and corporate support, the sustainable finance sector is lagging when it comes to financing solutions aimed at assisting refugees, according to a report from ISS ESG. In recognition of World Refugee Week, ISS ESG ...

Warning on climate risk if net zero targets not achieved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... the big themes in the coming decades because we've baked in so much climate change." Lawson also addressed the impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Europe's trajectory towards decarbonisation, noting that the move to reduce the EU's dependence ...

Nanuk launches global sustainable equities ETP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Russian or Eastern European equities and only minor exposures to companies with operations in, or revenue exposure to, Russia and Ukraine. King noted that "significant escalation of environmental commitments around the world" in the last two years will ...

Divestment from sanctioned Russian companies a matter of governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... AustralianSuper, Hostplus, Cbus, and the Future Fund among them. "The entities and the individuals that were listed in the recent Russia related sanctions were probably low risk in terms of having exposure for trustees," Steffanoni said. "Having said ...

Rethinking ESG in emerging markets

ARIF JOSHI  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... makes it backward-looking. For example, the political unrest in Belarus and the suppression of political opposition in Russia that unfolded in late 2020 indicate heightened ESG risks that are not yet reflected in the available data. At the same time ...

COP26 outcomes means increased focus on physical risk: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... lot of times is a high correlation between the risks and the impacts. But that's not always the case. Take, for example Russia, especially in the climate change context. "If you look at what Russia is doing in terms of managing climate change impacts ...

Australia among "least attractive" countries for green investment: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... countries accounting for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Australia ranks alongside Argentina, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and Saudi Arabia as among the least attractive countries for green investment, with less than two per cent of Australia's ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Jennifer Wu, global head of sustainable investing, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. J.P. Morgan Asset Management identified Russia, India, South Africa, Australia and Canada as being the most exposed. "We also highlighted that unlike some of the other countries ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... the big four Australian banks. This means that when an oil price war broke out earlier this year between Saudi Arabia and Russia, the ETFs were already insulated from market volatility in that sector, said Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares. ...