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Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... career working on extreme events, post-event recovery, and promoting societal resilience through things like stronger building codes. Climate risk is a natural extension of that work. Q: How have things changed in the last 10 years around general public ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has launched its 2030 ESG strategy for its real estate business, addressing climate change, waste, biodiversity, social impact, accessibility and supply chain sustainability. Chris Nunn, head of sustainability, real estate, at AMP Capital ...

VicSuper: $3 billion in assets linked to sustainable outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... process of being launched," she said. "We worked with Sustainalytics to do that initial report. They've been working on building out their database as it applies to the equities portfolio and we decided to work with them because we wanted that collaborative ...

HESTA allocates $200m to healthcare property mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Industry superannuation fund HESTA has allocated $200 million to a healthcare property mandate managed by ISPT. Debby Blakey, CEO HESTA HESTA has established the HESTA Healthcare Property Trust, with private hospitals, general medical and residential ...

Colonial First State launches Baillie Gifford Global Stewardship Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... to utilise CFS' significant distribution footprint and in-depth knowledge of the Australian intermediary market, while building on a decade long relationship," Tait said. "Since launching our flagship equity strategy in Australia last year, we have experienced ...

Sustainable practices can yield sustainable profits: Calvert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... evident in certain industries that process raw materials, including containers & packaging, paper & forest products, and building products." Serafeim and Calvert's analysis tested the theory that "the less vulnerable a sustainability practice is to the ...

Put climate resilience at the core of business strategy: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... report's theme is that "enterprise risk management and transformation to resilient business models are key elements in building business climate resilience." The themes and action points outlined in the paper are applicable to Australian businesses ...

Climate change impacts "top of mind" for investors: Nuveen Real Estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... working with consultants who understand different climate change scenarios and what that will look like with impacts in the building sector," Dean said. "We've been trialling the use of one particular US-based firm - the Climate Service - which is taking ...

AXA IM to launch fourth impact investing strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... low-income beneficiaries in emerging and frontier economies and meet the basic needs of the emerging consumer," Dean said. "Building on the extensive experience we have developed through the structuring and deployment of the previous three strategies ...

Amundi launches Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... impact on the environment and society. The way we do this is by investing only in issuers that are truly committed to building a better future." Amundi has with â,¬1.487 trillion in AUM, including â,¬297 billion in responsible investing.