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Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... the US election outcome will rapidly shift the direction of the second largest global emitter. Now well over half of global GDP is from countries covered by net-zero emissions targets according to the UK's Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, and approximately ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... and Congress looks highly unlikely - is that fiscal stimulus will be less," they said. "This will dampen the outlook for US GDP growth. It will also likely prolong the need for monetary policy support." Given that another round of stimulus spending will ...

Cost of no climate action to hit Australian economy: Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... net zero emissions by 2050. The economic cost of doing nothing is an economy which is 6% smaller, a $3.4 trillion loss in GDP in present value terms, and with 880,000 fewer jobs. By contrast, a new growth recovery, delivering net zero by 2050 and consistent ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... short term pangs. What's worrying, one of the analyses we did is that we compared what is the CO2 emission per dollar of GDP, and compared that to, effectively, public spending and green incentives as a percentage of GDP. In Australia's case ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Lewis notes that the EC's estimated public figures of €320bn and €460bn over 10 years represents 0.3% per year of the EU's GDP over the next decade. That money will be necessary to build capacity, develop the market for green hydrogen and then set ...

Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... assessed by the WWF (Living Planet Report 2020). The World Economic Forum calculates that this crisis threatens half of global GDP, whereas positive pathways are estimated to bring $10 trillion in business value and create 395 million jobs. Further ...

Investing in healthcare yields financial, social returns: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... age, they naturally consume more healthcare. That's driving secular growth in healthcare. In the US, we spend 17-18% of GDP on healthcare. Developing nations spend low single digits. As developing countries increase wealth, their healthcare spend ...

Digital human rights rise up the agenda post-COVID-19: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Digital human rights issues such as data privacy, cybersecurity and social impacts of AI can pose risks to companies, and protection of digital human rights take on new considerations in the post-COVID-19 era, according to Robeco. Masja Zandbergen ...

Aviva Investors identifies megatrends representing market failures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... in the tail-end. In addition, the statisticians gathering macro data are having great difficulties. Collecting some of the GDP data at the moment is practically difficult, and the manner of the pandemic has few precedents to use as models. Will the macro ...

OHS, social license to operate identified as infrastructure risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... and changing their processes to keep employees safe." The most vulnerable assets at the moment are the ones most linked to GDP-related activities such as toll roads and airports, noted Sellar of Brookfield. "These assets, however, are likely to rebound ...