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Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... categories. "Take, for example, apparel manufacturing," Mascotto said. "Let's say a company has a lot of exposure to carbon emissions, toxic byproducts, labour concerns, raw material sourcing issues and other issues. The company is looking to reduce ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... COVID recovery, which many are calling a green recovery, that stimulus will be a natural place for countries to set emissions goals for a green bond." In the Asia Pacific region, Kendall pointed to Japan as a market that had increased its issuance dramatically ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... impactful investment portfolios and investor practices. Robeco wants to invest in line with the goals of a net zero carbon emissions global economy by 2050. According to climate science, that implies halving carbon emissions by 2030, and approximately ...

Thai regulator becomes TCFD suppporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Thailand has committed to a 20-25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the projected business-as-usual approach by 2030. "SEC is the first public organization in Thailand to have become an official ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... the growth story that many emerging markets is predicated upon comes with some significant risks in terms of climate emissions, varying standards of corporate governance and concerns over issues like occupational health and safety, worker rights and ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... investable universe are energy bonds, and will instantly flag very heavily on the environmental side because of the carbon emissions intensity. That will flag our attention, but you need to be aware, because does that mean that exclude every energy-related ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... nature and increases the natural landscape, makes it more resilient and enhance other benefits like storage of carbon emissions, for example." Wilder pointed to activities like regenerative agriculture as other examples of what investing in natural capital ...

Australia's Paris Agreement carbon commitments criticised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
The Australian government's updated Nationally Determined Contribution to cutting carbon emissions under the Paris Agreement has drawn criticism for remaining substantially unchanged from its earlier commitments. Australia submitted its updated commitments ...

Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... consultancy, which monitors the potential future impact of pollution, particulate matter, water impact, as well as carbon emissions," Wedin said. "We want to benchmark against that, and continuously feed that back into the company."

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... in a renewable energy company, or in a very highly rated sustainability company, am I changing, for example, carbon emissions in the real world?"