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Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... will be diagnosed with skin cancer by the age of 70. A major cause of skin cancer is UVB. As the ozone layer protects the earth from UVB the increase in skin cancer in Australia has been indirectly linked to the hole in the ozone layer. In hindsight ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Investing in insurance linked securities (ILS) can provide return in an asset class that is uncorrelated to other assets, with fund manager Amundi running an ILS strategy that takes into account long-term climate risks and opportunities. Chin Liu, SVP ...

Constructing an impact portfolio as stand-alone strategy: Nuveen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... second core belief is that with global population growth projected to reach 9.7 billion, sustaining life as we know it on earth will require disruption to value chains in agriculture, the built environment and manufacturing processes. A third is that ...

bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
More of Japan's active equity managers are integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their investment processes, but the balance of activity is in the corporate governance side, according to analysis from manager research and selection ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... practitioner level, which is the implementation." The NED course will feature faculty chair Philippe Joubert, director of Earth on Board and a member of the advisory board of CISL; Professor Will Steffen, adjunct professor at the Australian National ...

Global Canopy Programme appoints executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... the opportunity my new role at GCP offers to communicate, engage leaders and drive innovation for better stewardship of Earth's natural capital. I am also pleased to continue as Co-Director of the Natural Capital Declaration, working with UNEP Finance ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance and Suncorp have launched Essentials by AAI,a microinsurance policy for renters and car owners on low incomes. Launch of the Essentials by AAI microinsurance, (l-r) Adam Mooney, CEO, Good Shepherd Microfinance, Jenny Elvey ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... pension funds over the climate risks in investment portfolios. In April, the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and Client Earth launched a project at challenging pension fund trustees and managers around their fiduciary duties to protect investments ...

Nippon Gas buys stake in COzero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Japan's Nippon Gas has bought a 16% stake in COzero, the energy management solutions provider has announced. Nick Armstrong, CEO COzero The investment will give Nippon Gas access to COzero's energy solutions, including EnergyLink, a newly developed ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... the most basic level, it makes no sense to invest one's retirement money in companies that won't guarantee that there's an earth worth retiring on. The message is starting to get across that a lot of people don't want this for moral reasons in their ...