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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Zurich. The Climate Risk Center came as part of MSCI's acquisition of Carbon Delta in October 2019. /msci-barra-purchases-data-analytics-firm-carbon-delta/ At the time of acquisition, MSCI noted that the Carbon Delta integration augmented MSCI's climate ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... investment grade indices, Insight Investment said. The rating is a quantitative risk-analysis tool which provides a fresh feed of data into Insight's credit research hub, alongside non-ESG inputs. "We want to identify [ESG] risk," said Joshua Kendall ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainability. Last week,, HKEX announced its plan to launch its new HKEX Sustainable and Green Exchange (STAGE), a first of its kind data and information platform focusing on sustainable and green finance investments in the region, another step in ...

First Sentier Investors launch Modern Slavery Toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... risks, escalation, internal governance and reporting. "The first step is identifying risks, through a series of different data sources that investment teams can use to identify risk," Turner said. "It really tries to hammer home the importance of risk ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... management of companies that are underperforming their peer group." State Street Global Advisors' R-Factor integrates multiple data sources and is built utilising the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) materiality framework. The fund manager ...

EdTech sector shows investment, impact opportunities: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... unevenly distributed and cost can be prohibitive. The paper notes that "while the digital divide is closing as devices and data reduce in price, and reliable 4G and 5G data coverage extends globally, people in developed countries are still more than ...

Global stimulus an opportunity for sustainable investment: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies that will outperform in a decarbonised economy." "We have a proprietary screen, and we worked with an external carbon data provider to find companies whose products and services avoid carbon," Cooper said. "We report at the portfolio level ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Re:Common (Italy), Solutions for Our Climate (Korea), The Sunrise Project (Australia) and urgewald (Germany), among others. Data on oil and gas insurance premiums is not publicly available, the report said. Insure Our Future identified key players from ...

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 ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... study found. Investors cited the need for improved impact reporting and measurement and the provision of access to government data, and a lack of intermediaries who can advise on and create social impact investing to stimulate market growth. "Social ...