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Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... top reasons. Top factors pulling investors away from adopting EST strategies include a lack of "reliable and consistent ESG data, followed by resourcing or cost issues associated with internal integration, infrastructure, knowledge-building and a lack ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... time your property had a 1 in 100 year flood, what happened, did insurance cover it, ask all these questions, gathering the data, to feed into a model that will then be able to use." The methodology is still evolving, Nunn said. "It's a bottom up, granular ...

VicSuper: $3 billion in assets linked to sustainable outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... and executive team as well as the responsible investment team, Farrant said. "When we did this work last year and put the data in our annual report, this data had only just been developed and was in the process of being launched," she said. "We worked ...

Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... bushland destruction to replacement by 'pasture'," the Wilderness Society said in the report. "Similarly, Australian government data ascribed 72% of national deforestation in 2016 to grazing." The Wilderness Society noted that Australia is among the ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) data is increasingly being integrated into quantitative investing strategies, and with depth and breadth of data increasing each year, quantitative managers are exploring whether ESG is a separate ...

Ausbil joins Investor Declaration on Plastic Pollution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... biggest risks to change is customer demand destruction, and people not buying plastic goods anymore," Varcoe said. "Some of the data coming out of the US suggests that this is already happening." Ausbil believes that the focus on reducing and recycling ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... supply chains, and ethics in the financial sector. The report also explores how investors could potentially integrate ESG data into three equity strategies - high conviction, enhanced passive and a thematic climate change approach. Sustainalytics identifies ...

Sustainable practices can yield sustainable profits: Calvert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... may attempt to adopt best-practice from industry leaders. Operational efficiencies that lead to more favourable emissions data have the dual ability to improve the bottom line and brand positioning of the company as these issues remain top-of-mind to ...

MSCI issues guide for investor reporting to TCFD guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Intrinsic Investment Management, Perennial Value Management, Quinbrook and Solaris Investment Management, according to the latest data available on the TCFD website. "The ways that an asset owner can measure and monitor climate risk are outlined in TCFD ...

Robeco on ESG integration, SDGs and impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... said. "On the fundamental side, you'd use ESG information to enhance bottom-up the information, for example." Integrating ESG data contributes positively to equity portfolio performance, Zandbergen said. The research data on whether ESG integration counts ...