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Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... significantly since the first SLL was executed in 2017 and reached US$141bn in 2019 before falling to US$124bn in 2020, according to data that Westpac sourced from BloombergNEF. In Australia and New Zealand, volumes followed a similar trend, peaking ...

Diversity, human rights, climate change lead agenda: ASI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Diversity and inclusion, human rights and climate change continue to be issues of engagement for Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI). In addition to joining the 40:40 Vision campaign, ASI has also developed its own diversity and inclusion expectation ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Analytics Solution. State Street is providing EISS Super customised ESG performance and risk management around carbon emissions data, from both the top down and bottom-up perspectives. EISS Super can also view its $6 billion fund through the ESG data ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... 'thematic investments' and/or 'impact investments' that explicitly aim to deliver positive non-financial outcomes. bfinance data shows that 34% of investors in real assets (infrastructure and real estate) are involved in thematic investing, with a further ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... decision-making, in line with our belief that more diverse views lead to better decision making, and we are looking for the specific data points such as representation in ownership and investment committees, for instance, to help draw the link closer ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
The global meat supply chain carries risks including animal welfare, occupational health and safety and climate change, but companies around the world across the supply chain are enhancing their disclosures and practices. Global fund manager Robeco ...

Super, fund manager lends muscle to net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... we going to get there - that is the challenge, and we need the analytics for climate transition and to be able to use what data is available now." Mercer is commencing with its equities holdings as well as fixed income, but are also extending their analysis ...

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... forward-looking targets. "The engagement bit is more complex and deservers a bit more attention," Gazzola said. "Looking at TCFD data on corporate climate goals, you will find that only one out of three reports a climate related target. From our perspective ...

Guide to assist financial sector in Modern Slavery risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... at the fulcrum point for every type of sector and biz and that gives them a unique opportunity to look for patterns in the data and support and influence," said Meg Brodie, director, human rights and social impact, KPMG Banarra. Brodie assisted in the ...

Investors lag in integrating climate risk: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... "low-carbon economy," to incorporating physical and transition climate risk in analyzing real assets using alternative sources of data. However, the research found that fewer than one in five invstors are using alternative data sets to understand cross-portfolio ...