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Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... recognising their interest in economy rather than market returns. They can support this interest by assertively supporting policy settings that deliver broad-based economic resilience, and preventing these interests taking a backseat to narrower company ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
The Climate Change Authority (CCA) has released its Climate Policy Toolkit for Australia, which includes recommendations for creating investable policies which support the transition to a net zero emissions economy by 2050. Emma Herd, chief executive ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Damian Cilmi, head of investment managers and governance, Praemium. "That is all that they do, they have an entrenched policy framework that has been unaltered for a long period of time. It's not a fad to them, and it's not a side project from a traditional ...

Industry coalition organises Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... stocks for the purposes of proxy voting. The principles also covers areas such as collateral and whether ESG screens and policy extends to the type of collateral held in a securities lending pool. "Collateral is very important," Chessum said. "It is ...

Calix outlines case for carbon capture and storage in cement and lime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... cement and steel industries, CCS and if possible utilisation, but certainly storage, will continue to be a major part of the policy and the planning moving forward." Calix is running the Low Emissions Intensity Lime and Cement (LEILAC) project, a European-Australian ...

Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Investing Australia, a member of the Expert Panel guiding the Taskforce. "The government is unique in its ability to use policy levers and partnering with the private sector to enable the market. Through the establishment of a social impact investing ...

Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Snowdon, head of capital markets, Asia Pacific at Northern Trust. "The most obvious area of focus on marrying an effective ESG policy with a securities lending program results from the fact that when a security is on loan, the investor loses the right ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... rising severe weather events will cause an issue for insurance companies. It also warned that drastic and sudden measures by policy makers may de-value coal plants so quickly that this could cause a flow on effects, ie, these assets were subject to huge ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... our approach to ethical sourcing and upholding an ethical supply chain, with an option to select all that apply, "written policy available on company website", "we conduct extensive due diligence in reaction to ethical sourcing before engaging with suppliers" ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... and should not be considered in isolation. "What companies are also going to have to ensure is that have a human rights policy, and in that human rights policy consider what the impacts of climate change has on that policy, their supply chain and their ...