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Climate risk warning on government bond yields

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... being underestimated in their impacts on government bond yields and investors need to pay more attention to how transition risk will impact the liquidity and stability of sovereign debt markets, according to the head of research for Ardea Investment ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... more than 10% of revenue from the extraction and production of thermal coal. UniSuper has issued its fifth annual climate risk report, detailing the $108 billion super fund's progress towards its net zero 2050 target and activities around climate risk ...

Podcast: Managing climate and sustainability megatrends with Terence Jeyaretnam

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
In this week's episode of The Greener Way, we speak with Terence Jeyaretnam, EY's APAC leader and partner for climate change and sustainability. Jeyaretnam explains how a career that started as an environmental engineer led him to develop his expertise ...

NZ Super Fund shifts $25 billion to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... on investment returns has been critical for us. The move follows many months of technical analysis weighing up a range of risk, return, cost and implementation considerations. "We're confident fund performance will not be adversely affected and see both ...

Responsible investments top $1.54 trillion in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... backed up by international research that really good, responsible investment practices are conducive to better long term, risk adjusted returns." As of the end of December 2021, there were 158 RIAA-certified products available in Australia. "Working ...

Cbus names new head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) Taxonomy Steering Committee, chairs the ACSI Rights and Cultural Heritage Risk Management working group and is a member of the AICD's 30% Club Investor working group. Nicole Bradford was Cbus' previous ...

Integrating ESG central to C-Suite considerations: Mazars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
Integrating ESG considerations is central to future-proofing long-term value creation in business, according to Asia Pacific-based C-Suite leaders. Audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars has released C-suite barometer: Time for action, which surveyed 1,000 ...

APRA chair highlights challenges of climate risk assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... five largest banks are expected to be released "in a month or two." Byres highlighted that climate change is a disruptive risk in a speech at the Risk Management Association Australia CRO Conference. "The complex interactions between climate risks and ...

HESTA ups the ante on AGL, Santos on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... using active ownership with emissions-intensive companies to help drive down emissions in the portfolio and manage climate risk." In 2021, HESTA introduced an engagement escalation framework for its work with emissions-intensive companies through its ...

Future Fund, UniSuper hire ESG execs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... In 2013, Halliday explained from her perspective as corporate governance manager that while governance was just one of the risk factors that AMP Capital considered, it was part of the process of identifying the quality of a company. "If all other factors ...