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EdTech sector shows investment, impact opportunities: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... unevenly distributed and cost can be prohibitive. The paper notes that "while the digital divide is closing as devices and data reduce in price, and reliable 4G and 5G data coverage extends globally, people in developed countries are still more than ...

Global stimulus an opportunity for sustainable investment: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies that will outperform in a decarbonised economy." "We have a proprietary screen, and we worked with an external carbon data provider to find companies whose products and services avoid carbon," Cooper said. "We report at the portfolio level ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Re:Common (Italy), Solutions for Our Climate (Korea), The Sunrise Project (Australia) and urgewald (Germany), among others. Data on oil and gas insurance premiums is not publicly available, the report said. Insure Our Future identified key players from ...

Digital human rights rise up the agenda post-COVID-19: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Digital human rights issues such as data privacy, cybersecurity and social impacts of AI can pose risks to companies, and protection of digital human rights take on new considerations in the post-COVID-19 era, according to Robeco. Masja Zandbergen ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... study found. Investors cited the need for improved impact reporting and measurement and the provision of access to government data, and a lack of intermediaries who can advise on and create social impact investing to stimulate market growth. "Social ...

Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... access to medicine and them being affordable, and product liabilities. If you're a tech company, you have to worry about data security, cyber security, diversity of the workforce, which you can argue can be applied to all companies. But specifically ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... overall ESG profiles as determined by State Street Global Advisors' ESG scoring system, R-Factor. R-Factor integrates multiple data sources and is built utilising the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) materiality framework. The fund manager ...

Majority of Australians want greater action on climate change: Glow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... provider of consumer panels. Glow is a SaaS market research technology platform that makes "rapid, robust and cost effective data insights more accessible to businesses and professionals." Glow conducted the Climate Catalyst study to provide more information ...

Aviva Investors identifies megatrends representing market failures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... investment process," Waygood said. "Take COVID-19. It is hard to analyse the risks because analysts have little visibility on the data. We are just starting to get visibility on corporate Q1 data, and the majority of the impact was in the tail-end. In ...

OHS, social license to operate identified as infrastructure risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... noted Sellar of Brookfield. "These assets, however, are likely to rebound quickly when we return to 'normal'," he noted. "Data infrastructure businesses will be certainly experiencing increased usage, particularly with many now working from home. At ...