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Reducing carbon emissions without affecting tracking error: Realindex

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Walsh. The research found that by optimizing for a lower carbon intensity, exposures to higher-carbon sectors such as utilities are reduced "somewhat". Realindex also found that there is an approximately exponential relationship between increasing the ...

Modern slavery, just transition, tax key themes: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... carbon economy, particularly in phasing out fossil fuels. It will focus on high emissions sectors including energy, utilities, mining, manufacturing and construction. tackling tax transparency will improve the transparency of companies over their tax ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... tradeoffs and near-term pullbacks." Those tradeoffs and return considerations are very apparent in the energy, materials and utilities sector (EMUs), Moret said. "Decarbonising an economy where a significant chunk of the equity market is so highly concentrated ...

Podcast: Decarbonisation and the EMUs - Julie Moret

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... (it involves returning it in a more sustainable condition than you received it) and why the EMUs (energy, mining and utilities companies) are a focus area for decarbonisation. Julie joined NTAM in 2021 and oversees the firm's sustainable investing ...

Deloitte launches green tech initiative for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... reach a valuation of around US$16.9 billion by the end of 2022, with demand growing rapidly across industries including utilities, power and energy, transportation and logistics, and oil and gas. "The first thing that we're seeing is that in order to ...

Global green bond market continues to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... much more diversified," said Jérôme Broustra. "A few years ago, green bond issuance was tilted towards and driven by utilities and quasi-sovereign, and now we have a much more granular footprint with a lot of sovereigns and corporates issuing green ...

Cobalt essential to net zero goals but brings labour risks: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... problems we're facing is more than just investors and companies," said Nicolaj Sebrell, head of energy, materials, and utilities, ISS ESG. "You could argue that it's a problem at the level of society where we have to decide how to tackle this, and governments ...

BNP Paribas names APAC head of stewardship

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Initiative, the Paris-Aligned Investment Initiative, and the Investor Agenda. She also launched and led AIGCC's Asia Utilities Engagement Program, a collaborative engagement program that runs in parallel to Climate Action 100+. Before that, Ho was ...

Defining financial, wellbeing impacts in housing: Kayne Anderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... she said. "That's a day one look at all the inefficiencies and how we can improve upon them. Bear in mind that with utilities, 90% paid by tenants directly and historically, the operator had no sight into it and no incentive to do anything about it. ...

Majority of ASX200 reporting on ESG: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... increase on 2020 and a 50% increase on 2008. There are still sector by sector differences in reporting - ACSI found that utilities, consumer staples, materials and real estate sectors are the leaders in ESG disclosure, with more than 70% providing comprehensive ...