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Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... transition," Denis-Ryan said. "Australia is one of the counties in the world with the highest sources of cheap renewables, good research and engineering skills, and really big opportunities for carbon capture and storage and soil sequestration. It's ...

Q&A: Pablo Berrutti, on the launch of the Altiorem research platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... beta-testing but will be doing much more in this area. Rachel : How is the evolution of your taxonomy for classifying research going grown and changed as it's been applied? Pablo : We have four standards (GRI, SASB, the SDGs and Climate Bonds Initiate) ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... opportunities, and if they're demonstrating that, you have to wonder about the quality of the business." In 2018, MSCI ESG Research examined the MSCI USA Index Share to evaluate the impacts of share buyback schemes on US large cap companies. The study ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... in the past year. Many of the same topics will continue to be of note in 2020, said Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, head of ESG research at Ausbil. "Some aspects of ESG are entering uncharted territory, because not only do investors need to do modern slavery reporting ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... financial crisis that is occurring as a result of the response to coronavirus, said Mark Lewis, global head of sustainability research at BNP Paribas Asset Management "In 2008/2009, a lot of the momentum that had been built up was de-prioritised in the ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... responsibly and ethically, and would consider moving to alternative providers that invest in such a fashion, according to new research commissioned by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor, CEO RIAA According to the ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... economic growth, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI). Dan Lashof, director, WRI United States WRI is a global research organisation that studies means to develop sustainable use of natural resources across seven issues "at the intersection ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... investors and analysts." Cleary is a non-executive director of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and was most recently head of research and public policy at the World Federation of Exchanges. Thijs Reuten has been hired as head of policy and starts 1 April ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... evaluate intimacy, and now we will be doing that through a two dimension experience. We don't have enough cues. The research I've seen with regard to managing conflict, you have to build a relationship for a longer period of time when you're ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... and governance (ESG) by adding the Australian Ethical Australian Shares Portfolio to the Praemium SMA and providing ESG research from Sustainalytics. Damian Cilmi, head of investment managers and governance, Praemium This is the first time this portfolio ...