Search Results

Showing 571 - 580 of 1567 results for "research"

Beyond the spin - what did COP26 actually deliver?

SIMON O'CONNOR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia and New Zealand are well represented in the cohort who joined the various pledges that underpin the GFANZ. Recent research by the Aotearoa NZ Investor Coalition for Net Zero showed that the vast majority of asset managers - 89% - either have ...

Top 100 asset owners "hold keys" to net zero: Willis Towers Watson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... manage more than $30 trillion, but only 14 of those asset owners are accredited as being net-zero committed, according to research from Willis Towers Watson. The world's 100 largest asset owners (AO100) grew by 15.7% last year to reach US$23.5 trillion ...

Inconsistent data a challenge to ESG uptake: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... applied and available for analytics. This is especially important as more and more fund managers are building in-house ESG research teams. To provide that level of flexibility, we have launched a new offer focusing on open ESG architecture so that clients ...

AI-based trading platform to integrate ESG data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... with unstructured data sets that measure market sentiment and emotions. Jaaims is integrating data and ESG scores from research provider Sustainalytics to augment their existing datasets, said Jaaims CEO Tui Eruera. Jaaims notes that their AI algorithm ...

Australian company boards lack skill, experience to lead net zero transition: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Australian company directors "lack the skills and experience" to lead the transition to net zero emissions by 2050, according to a report by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Further, the IGCC report, A Changing Climate: what investors expect ...

BetaShares appoints director of responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Action Plan and Modern Slavery Statement. Prior to Suncorp, Liddell held roles at the Centre for International Financial Research (CIFR), the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), Russell Investments, and QIC. Liddell's appointment to BetaShares comes ...

APAC investors taking decarbonisation action: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... inform both internal conversations with clients as well as external conversations with companies, Wong noted. "We use this research to help inform our net zero planning," she said. "We have signed on to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative earlier ...

Australia needs 2035 net zero target: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Researchers at RMIT have called on the federal government to set a net zero target for 2035, re-introduce a national price on carbon and mandate reporting of carbon emissions to support businesses in achieving decarbonisation goals. Lead author of the ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... coal," Hall notes. "This makes the long- term role of natural gas and ensuing methane emissions a key topic in our ongoing research and engagement with companies in the energy sector. We expect to see greater regulatory intervention drive progress over ...

Board of the future to face more ESG issues: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... years, rather than 10 years. We know we're going to need a different skill set after 5 years Participants in the report's research identified climate change, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability, technology and digitalisation ...