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ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... volatility, according to Sameer Chopra, head of Asia ESG research at Bank of America in a recent presentation. This has led to the gap in valuation between the highest- and lowest-rated companies based on ESG metrics continues to grow, according to research ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified six critical systemic risks that require a transformational investment approach to convert those risks to sustainable returns. Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment and partner, Mercer ...

Australian companies below global peers on reporting, targets: Refinitiv

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... environmental scores are based on performance across three themes: emissions, resource use and innovation, Refinitiv said. "The gap is really manifesting itself in a couple of ways," said Jamie Coombs, performance director - Asia at Refinitiv. "It's ...

Majority of Australians want greater action on climate change: Glow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the response to climate change is the lowest - 39%.The importance of the topic is high, which leads us to believe that the gap between the importance and the satisfaction with the response is also quite high. I don't know what's driving that - perhaps ...

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... shipping, accelerated investment in R&D in biofuels, renewable hydrogen and ammonia, as well as electrification can close the gap to zero emissions by 2050. The report finds that new electricity generation from renewables is now cheaper than new fossil ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... the debate around if you start moving more aggressively to decarbonise, if some industries die, other industries fill the gap," Oliver noted. "I've always thought that it ends up apart from the impact on the environment, which could impact significantly ...

Emerging markets bring exposure to unmanaged ESG risk: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... also found that while the emerging market index had a higher weighted risk score than the developed index on 16 MEIs, the gap on data privacy and security is biggest. Sustainalytics attribute this to two main drivers - data privacy and security applies ...

Impact Investment Partners on Indigenous Infrastructure Investment Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... developed that over many years now. They're aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals and in Australia to the Closing the Gap targets, but even with those we've found it requires a lot of effort and interpretation to apply to an individual investment ...

GPIF selects S&P Down Jones Indices for ESG benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Government Pension Investment Fund for Japan (GPIF) has selected two carbon efficient indices from S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) as the benchmark for their ESG investment strategy. S&P DJI has launched the S&P Global Carbon Efficient Indices include ...

S&P Dow Jones launches Carbon Price Risk Adjusted Index Series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... predicted 2030 carbon prices. The indices incorporate future carbon prices not covered by any current carbon prices. Data on the gap between current and potential future carbon prices is supplied by Trucost's Corporate Carbon Pricing Tool, S&P said. ...