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ESG investment professional salaries revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... ESG person, you'll probably get three to four interviews in a heartbeat." Kaizen Recruitment notes that heads of ESG research/head of investment stewardship can expect a salary of $250,000 - $300,000 including super and are expected to have 10-plus years ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... global warming to 1.5 degrees and that means we have to reach net zero by 2050," said Mirza Baig, global head of ESG research and stewardship at Aviva Investors. "Companies must align their businesses with this goal and include their entire footprint ...

Social premium on the rise: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... improving performance on social factors can outperform companies with poor performance by up to 17 basis points, according to research from Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes' data methodology has shown that outperformance on social factors such as employee ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... from companies in 2020, aligning with the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will occur. Recent research by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) found a fivefold increase of adoption of the TCFD by ASX200 ...

CGI Glass Lewis makes appointments for Australia, APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... appointed announces the appointment of Stanley Soosur as country head, Australia and Philip Foo as vice president, APAC research and engagement. As country head, Australia, Soosur will lead CGI's business activities, manage customer relationships in ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... As the report lays out, there's only a handful of funds that disclose it, but a number of funds would have done that research already." ACCR suggests that super funds should pursue engagement and a campaign of escalation prior to any divestment of fossil ...

Sustainability important to future of SME sector: Australia Post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... half of small businesses in Australia consider sustainability to be very important to their future success, according to research from Australia Post. The report, Small business sustainability in a COVID-19 world, looks at key attributes of sustainability ...

Climate Action 100+ aviation engagement takes off

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... you don't want to do," she said. "You're often having more detailed conversations about R&D, and conversations about research partnerships." Gray reiterated the importance of biofuels in achieving decarbonsiation targets with the aviation sector. "One ...

Financial institutions at risk from bot attacks: Imperva

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... content and price scraping, the biggest bot problem is credential stuffing and credential cracking. Imperva noted in its research is that a recent attack that Imperva mitigated lasted 60 hours and included 44 million login attempts. A large-scale attack ...

Australia to join climate resilience investment initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Environmental Science Program (NESP), providing national leadership in climate, threatened species and environmental research. "We are joining global partnerships and taking the lead in building resilient communities," Minister Ley said. "Climate adaptation ...