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Mercer appoints APAC sustainable investment leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Mercer has promoted Rebecca Mather to the role of sustainable investment leader, Pacific. Mather first joined Mercer in 2001 as an investment consultant, and transitioned to the firm's SI business in 2007. In her new role as sustainable investment leader ...

Emerging markets improving on ESG: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... time, investors are talking about environmental issues rather than social or governance issues," said Girish Nair, co-head of APAC ESG research and director, global and Asia Pacific quantitative strategy. "Environmental issues always come up at the top. ...

ANZ creates head of environmental markets role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... reporting to head of trading and markets, Asia Anshul Sidher. Smith joins ANZ from Citibank where he was head of commodities APAC. Before that, he held leadership roles including global head of commodity structuring for Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... technologies are "five times more energy efficient than the on-premises data centres of companies and public sector organisations in APAC, on average" and that annually, 4.5Mt CO2 emissions would be avoided if all businesses using on-premises servers ...

Cundall names APAC head of ESG advisory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Global engineering and advisory firm Cundall has promoted Madlen Jannaschk to lead its Asia-Pacific (APAC) ESG advisory. Jannaschk has been with Cundall for nearly four years and has worked as a practicing architect and project manager for more than ...

Calls to strengthen Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... modern slavery is not improving and is most likely getting worse, said Jeff Bond, senior director, sustainability consulting (APAC), Elevate. Bond noted that Elevate conducts investigations on the ground in various markets to gain a grounded view on ...

Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... having a positive impact on our planet and its people," he said. Sustainability will continue to be a key conseration for APAC clients, Kuek said. "About 70% of our clients in Asia are entrepreneurs," he said. "They are becoming more focused on sustainability ...

Leadership essential in implementing ESG: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... of backing from senior leadership appears to be a greater barrier among investors in Australia (39%) compared to those in APAC excluding Australia (30%) and globally excluding Australia (22%), according to the BNP Paribas report. Q&A with Franck Dubois ...

SSGA hires from CareSuper for APAC ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has created the new role of ESG investment strategist for Asia Pacific and hired a CareSuper specialist to fill it. In the new role, Xinting Jia report globally to Karen Wong, global head of ESG and Sustainable Investing ...

Inconsistent data a challenge to ESG uptake: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... the top five hindrances. Fewer investors in Australia report challenges around data quality and consistency - (57% vs 77% APAC; 78% globally), but Australian investors are more likely to find that conflicting ESG ratings are an issue - 68% in Australia ...