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Calls to strengthen Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... They're ticking the box and complying, and this does little." Companies that are starting to take action are starting with risk assessments and going into supply chain relationships, as well as building programs that they're reporting on, Bond noted. ...

Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Biodiversity is a quickly emerging risk and opportunity for investors and companies, but addressing the materiality of ecosystem and dependencies is complex and goes to the heart of finance, according to a panel of experts. There is a clear drive to ...

New gas projects at risk under strong climate action: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... investors want to understand how Australian gas companies are assessing the risks associated with new projects, in particular the risk of accelerated demand decline as the world shifts to net-zero." In either scenario, the modelling found weaker returns ...

Hejaz Income Fund AUM up more than 50%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... development financing and asset backed securities," he said. "The portfolio team has been able to harness and balance out the risk-reward ratio, making sure on the one side there is a competitive return, on the other side, managing a more conservative ...

Igneo sets 2023 climate targets for infrastructure companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... governance, which includes independent board representation, standards and qualification compliance, customer satisfaction surveys, risk management, cyber risk assessment and modern slavery risk assessment; and employee engagement, which focuses on employee ...

Net zero targets shift investments, narrative for funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... UniSuper set a net zero target in 2020, and h as updated its members on progress towards that goal in its most recent climate risk report. In 2015, Aware Super started the process that culminated in e Climate Change Portfolio Transition Plan (CCPTP) ...

Building real asset future with climate in mind: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... some of the concepts around sustainably a lot more accessible." That has extended to integrating sustainability to liquidity risk and benefits and how to underwrite that risk, Travalos said. "Lastly, it's about building tomorrow," he said. "That's a ...

Australian Retirement Trust hires head of sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... the global head of responsible investment. Prior to that, she worked at GE Capital, where she was environmental and social risk leader. Australian Retirement Trust is bringing together the two heritage investment portfolios of its composite funds - Q ...

ISSB launches draft sustainability disclosure standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... companies provide material information on all their sustainability risks and opportunities - not just disclosures on climate risk, although there are specific requirements on climate disclosures," said ISSB vice chair Sue Lloyd. "The objective here is ...

Janus Henderson launches net zero active ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Janus Henderson Investors has launched a net zero active ETF on the ASX. The Janus Henderson Net Zero Transition Resources Active ETF (JZRO) is the fund manager's third active ETF in Australia and seeks to provide exposure to a diversified portfolio ...