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Impact investments quadruple to $5 billion in two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Activity and Performance Report 2018 presents the findings from analysis of impact investment activity and performance for a data-set of 51 Australian impact investment products active at 31 December 2017, RIAA said. The 51 products have a total value ...

Rosenberg Equities to manage $1bn ESG mandate for CalPERS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... information, it is no different. We are on the hook to think about how we can improve that scoring, how we can use the granular data we intake, and how can we continually push ourselves to a better, more robust depiction of the threats and opportunism ...

S&P Dow Jones launches Carbon Price Risk Adjusted Index Series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... from predicted 2030 carbon prices. The indices incorporate future carbon prices not covered by any current carbon prices. Data on the gap between current and potential future carbon prices is supplied by Trucost's Corporate Carbon Pricing Tool, S&P said. ...

bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... a dedicated ESG team, do they manage specific strategies where they want to improve the ESG rating of the portfolio, what data do they use," said Julien Barral, director, equity research at bfinance. "So we go through a range of factor that we look at. ...

CEFC commits $35 million to finance expansion of intelliHUB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... investment in solar and storage solutions by matching system specifications to actual consumption patterns. Through improved data provision. electricity network operators will be able to harness greater insights to enable a smoother operation of the ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... exposed to climate-related financial risks, including risks to physical assets, that are not captured solely by emissions data." The initial focus list was developed using CDP reported and modelling data on companies' combined direct and indirect scope ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... performance. Historically, it has been challenging to demonstrate clear impacts and benefits, due to a lack of evidential data and inconsistent reporting practices among its members. At the time APCO saw the ISF framework, it was exploring how to provide ...

Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... ESG factors in credit risk analysis." The "multi-dimensional nature of ESG factors, difficulties in modelling and capturing data interdependencies were cited among the biggest obstacles to ESG consideration" cited in the discussions, PRI said. The report ...

Hedge funds allocate at least US$59bn to responsible investment: AIMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... becoming increasingly important to the hedge fund industry and firms are responding to investor demand by investing in the data and expertise they need in order to accurately measure the social and environmental dimensions of their investments," said ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), mapping their investments against the 17 Goals. Nanuk has engaged Sustainable Trust as a data provider to that end, Siegloff said. "We see ourselves as providing diversified access to the SDGs," Siegloff said. "This ...