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Extreme weather, human rights intensifying ESG focus: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... announced that they will not use textiles or spun yarn from Xinjiang, which has prompted calls for boycotts for global brands in China. "Though we had engaged with some companies on this, we weren't expecting a lot of the companies that we were investing ...

CEFC, CBA finance plastic recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... plastics overseas for recycling came into effect. The ban was agreed by federal, state and local governments in 2019 after China and Indonesia blocked imports of waste from Australia and other nations. "The CEFC investment supports Australia's recycling ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The reports focus on Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, South Korea, Mainland China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and India. EquitiesFirst provides asset backed financing, and corporate governance considerations ...

Using total portfolio management to gain China, ESG exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... aggregate across the entire portfolio," says Liang Yin, director in Willis Towers Watson's investments research team and China project lead. "That increases the flexibility to spend the so-called sustainability budget across asset classes. It allows ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... emergence of different taxonomies across the world, and in Asia one of the most interesting is what the People's Bank of China has been doing, in updating their green catalogue, and we have seen the work of the Singapore Central Bank in taking the lead ...

ESG investing growing strongly in Asia: J.P. Morgan Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... the US is off of a lower base. Demand in Asia is also more geared towards institutional than retail, Hui noted. "In Korea, China, Southeast Asia, again, the institutional investors are embracing ESG much more closely compared to retail investors," Hui ...

Real estate investment group issues $300 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... future green, sustainable and social financing initiatives across Lendlease's global portfolio, Lendlease said. ANZ, Bank of China, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and HSBC were mandated as Joint Lead Managers of the transaction. ANZ, Commonwealth Bank ...

Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... findings of the recent Royal Commission into Aged Care, and the risks of geopolitical tensions including the trade war with China.

C-suite executives cite climate as top risk to growth: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... exposed to the global market, and how much change will come from the change in administration in the US, the announcement in China that they will go net zero by 2060. That's an interesting one that I think hasn't had as much focus as we would ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Australian businesses risk having to pay an expensive levy to export goods to the European Union based on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions used in making and shipping products. The European Parliament's environment committee recently ...