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AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Woodland predicted that again, as the acute phase of COVID-19 passes, there will be more consideration of the circular economy. "Once the dust settles around hygiene concerns, we will be taking quite a renewed focus on product stewardship, for long term ...

Four structural challenges for business to navigate post-lockdown: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... footprints to rethink the "live, work, play" urban real estate model and the coworking spaces that had powered the gig economy, with added momentum for logistics, cold storage and warehousing required to support the next wave of e-commerce and online ...

Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... co-chair of the steering group, and chief executive, HKMA. "The transition will prompt structural adjustments to the global economy, bringing both risks and opportunities. As a premier international financial centre, Hong Kong can play a pivotal role ...

CEFC to oversee $300m Advancing Hydrogen Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... "Hydrogen has the potential to make a substantial contribution to our clean energy transition, reducing emissions across the economy while underpinning the development of an important domestic and export industry," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "Renewable ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... data by examining data sets culled from countries' national accounts to provide a "bird's eye view of how the economy functions," and then extracting supply chain data that lies within that information, said Arne Geschke, chief technology advisor ...

Vietnam a source of green infrastructure projects, pipeline: CBI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... energy, sustainable water and waste management. CBI noted that approximately US$31 billion is needed in 2020 to "shift the economy to a more sustainable path and achieve national emissions reduction targets." The report aims to drive greater engagement ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... accelerate some of the longer-term trends already occurring in theses spaces - including further digitisation of the global economy and electronic payments." The fund focuses on long-term megatrends such as reducing carbon emissions and improving sustainability ...

Coronavirus pandemic produces supply chain crisis: Baker McKenzie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... agree that with me. That flexibility adds risk to them, so they'll want to price for that risk." Long term, as the global economy begins to recover from the crisis, businesses need to be agile, and ready to tackle operational, labour and demand/supply ...

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... plummeting costs from green technologies provide an "unprecedented" opportunity for Australia to achieve a net zero emissions economy by 2050 while supporting economic efforts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, according to ClimateWorks Australia. ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate-related investment risks can largely be segmented into two categories - climate change risk and transition to a low carbon economy risk. The former is the risk that a company's assets or income could be impacted by climate change. Take, for example ...