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Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... maximum exposure to companies with a disclosed, credible climate target. For instance, in high-emitting sectors, like utilities and mining, we would look to invest a minimum of 70% in companies that are aligned, or committed to align, to the Paris Ag ...

ESG part of financial sustainability of infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Strong performance on ESG factors will impact on cost of equity for listed companies in the infrastructure sector such as utilities, Hurst said. "Over last year to year and a half, the cost of equity has come right down as people has valued the thematic ...

Green economy a multi-trillion dollar opportunity: FTSE Russell

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... as Europe and Japan are more exposed. From an industry perspective, almost two thirds of the green economy come from utilities, technology and industrial goods and services. Identifying the exact scope of the green economy is hindered by the limited ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... the next three to five years." The engagement programme includes companies from the oil and gas, metals and mining and utilities sectors, which Aviva Investors notes "substantially contribute to total global carbon emissions." The engagement programme ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... billion added, leading corporate sectors and becoming the first sector to exceed the $100billion mark for annual issuance. Utilities issued US$57billion, up 18% on 2019. Other sectors fell back: by 50% in consumer staples and 35% in energy. On a sector ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... low risks within a portfolio," Lewis said. "With climate risk, you always get red flags popping up for oil and gas, utilities, metals and miners, the risks, the heat maps are like dark reds. What's interesting with water risk and social risk, is ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... believe that they believe certain sectors offer bigger opportunities for improvement on ESG grounds - oil and gas (49%), utilities (44%), consumer discretionary (34%) and materials (31%). There was a relative shift away from social issues, Chopra noted. ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... companies that impact negatively." Keller noted that SDG-linked strategies preclude holding traditional energy companies and utilities that primarily rely on oil and thermal coal but can invest in energy and utilities companies that are transitioning ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... sector, and many of those solutions in transitioning to a 1.5 degree world come from that sector. Other sectors include utilities, and maybe sectors that are well prepared for transition like healthcare." On the flip side, the portfolio does not hold ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... fewer downgrades with a significant difference seen in industry sectors including discretionary, technology, REITs and utilities. "We performed analysis in March in the midst of COVID," Chopra said. "All the analysts were downgrading companies, but we ...