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Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... forecasting expansion and growth of the green bond market, Insight Investment noted that in 2019, the core sectors of financials, governments, utilities, energy and industrials all experienced significant growth in issuance in 2019, "with financials ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... regulation and supervision (source: ASFI) "The two big standout areas are leadership and community, and really flipping financials services to be of service to their clients and customers," said Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association ...

Emerging markets bring exposure to unmanaged ESG risk: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... that the emerging market faces on this. We dug into the data and found that several sectors exposed to this issue - financials, technology are two areas of the economy where data privacy is extremely important, and when looking at companies based in ...

Australian Ethical Investment makes three new hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... deputy head of the Emerging Leaders Research team. Prior roles were Head of ESG Research, and senior analyst in the financials team. Australian Ethical has also hired Amanda Richman as ethics analyst. She comes to Australian Ethical from Allens, where ...

KPMG event tells companies to consider the "What ifs" of climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... all, get the business case right," he said. "The second one is challenging, but on purpose - you have to focus on the financials. The third one is, just read the guidelines. They're a good source and there is a lot of info there. Fourth, get the right ...

UCA Funds Management hires Mathew Browning as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... and international studies have repeatedly confirmed the positive impact of Board gender diversity, not only on the financials but also the internal culture of an organisation," said Non-executive Director Gayle Wilson. "To this end, UCA Funds Management ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... research], so retail shareholders are lagging. They have a general sense, but they wouldn't really, they focus on the financials and they focus on remuneration." Pauline Vamos, CEO of Regnan, notes that while many investors conduct what the call engagement ...

Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... basic needs themes," said Morgan Ellis, senior associate, ESG Research, MSCI. "The two largest sectors [in Australia] - financials and materials - did not contribute materially despite making up 59% [of the ASX]." The SDGs apply to all countries, which ...

Chart: CDP assessment of APRA-regulated entities' climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... 2016,CDP noted that Bank of Queensland, Glenworth Mortgage Insurance, Flexigroup and IOOF Holdings (among others in the financials industry sector) did not respond to requests to provide information. CDP provided The Sustainability Report with the following ...

MSCI benchmarks Australian companies against SDG revenue generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... attributed to the fact that the Australian companies in the MSCI World Index skew towards to sectors - materials and financials, accounting for 59% of the Australian peer set revenue. Those two industry sectors have "among the lowest sustainable impact ...