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Ausbil drops fossil fuel companies from sustainable fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... investments," he said. "Effectively it comes down to two things - one is physical climate change risk, the other is transition risk." Ausbil notes the energy transition is "well underway" and that governments around the world are accelerating policy ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Aviva Investors' climate engagement framework and quantitative improvements against the firm's proprietary climate transition risk model. Progress will be monitored on a six-monthly basis, and Aviva Investors will determine if further steps of escalation ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global fund manager DWS will use an ESG advisory board to provide additional advice on how the fund manager can accelerate sustainability activities as part of its investment activities. Every organisation can get very internally focused, and you need ...

Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... those areas, yes, environmental information absolutely impacts," he said. "Do we consider environmental risk and transition risk to a zero carbon environment when we're considering commercial finance more broadly? The answer is yes, absolutely. That's ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... information to CDP is then integrated into Aviva's equity research process and also evaluated against the firms' transition risk framework. The portfolio currently consists of 41 companies, he added. "Around 34% of the companies are in the industrials ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Mercer has launched climate transition analytics and advice to help guide institutional investors who want to transition to a 1.5C scenario of global warming as outlined in the Paris Agreement. Analytics for Climate Transition (ACT) is designed to assist ...

AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AAIB) and Amundi will launch an investment framework aimed at informing "targeted sustainable and responsible financing." The AIIB-Amundi Climate Change Investment Framework "translates key objectives of the ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HESTA will directly engage with 14 mining and energy companies on working with Indigenous communities, with a focus on understanding how companies manage risks associated with Indigenous heritage protection. In the wake of the destruction of the Juukan ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... MSCI Real Estate Climate VaR calculates the financial risks from both changing legislation due to climate action (transition risk) and the extreme weather impacts caused by climate change (physical risk), per real estate asset and per scenario, and provides ...

MSCI launches Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk solution for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... MSCI Real Estate Climate VaR calculates the financial risks from both changing legislation due to climate action (transition risk) and the extreme weather impacts caused by climate change (physical risk), per real estate asset and per scenario, and provides ...