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Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... believe that we always face systemic risks like COVID-19 crisis, environmental risks like climate change and biodiversity loss. In terms of portfolio positioning, it's important to both maximise the amount of diversity and remove unrewarded risks to ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... reported, the £522 billion global fund manager has identified climate risk as one of three megatrends - including biodiversity loss and anti-microbial resistance - that represent market failures that investors should address with companies and government. ...

Climate change, SDG impacts of US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... global energy should lift Australia's ambitions as well. "Australia is particularly prone to accelerating biodiversity loss and natural disasters associated with climate change," she noted. "Setting an appropriately ambitious and internationally ...

Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... positive pathways are estimated to bring $10 trillion in business value and create 395 million jobs. Further, biodiversity loss threatens the achievement of 80% of Sustainable Development Goals sub-targets related to poverty, hunger, health, water, cities ...

Carbon emissions need to peak "as soon as possible": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... 74% from 2018 levels. Climate change would remain a key focus area for AXA IM's stewardship team, along with biodiversity loss, diversity and public health, said Matt Christensen, AXA IM's global head of impact strategy and responsible investments. "As ...

Aviva Investors identifies megatrends representing market failures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Aviva Investors has identified three megatrends - climate change, biodiversity loss and anti-microbial resistance - that represent market failures that investors should address with companies and government. Steve Waygood, chief responsible investment ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... as to why we face the problems we face today, it' the intersection of living unsustainably, the impact on biodiversity loss, impact of living in situations that may not healthy or overcrowded," said Tim King, CIO of Melior Investment management. ...

Natural Capital Declaration named biodiversity champion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Strategic Plan for Biodiversity was adopted in 2010 and its mission is to "address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by mainstreaming biodiversity considerations across government, society and business." "We are extremely pleased to consider ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... initiative that has developed standards for measuring the economic benefits of biodiversity and the costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. "If you look at parallel development in things like TEEB, TEEB started off really developing at ...
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