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ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds with ESG characteristics show strong risk adjusted returns, according to new research from Rainmaker Information. Assessing median results of superannuation fund options, Rainmaker Information has found that ESG returned a median ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... behalf of clients to disclose information on racial and ethnic composition. This builds on work that commenced last year. "Research has shown the positive impacts diverse groups can have on improved decision making, risk oversight, and innovation, as ...

Australia's Paris Agreement carbon commitments criticised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Government investments over the period to 2030 and leverage a further $50 billion of investment from the private sector, research institutions and the States and Territories." According to global scientific research initiative Climate Action Tracker ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... equity and debt universe, but bringing them into other asset classes as well," said Michael Lewis, head of ESG thematic research. "Water is an interesting one there - in terms of the SDGs, and asset owners and managers are coalescing around these thematics." ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... moving in that direction, and as a bank we've been pushing climate risk as well," said Sameer Chopra, head of Asia ESG research at Bank of America. "Supply chains are going to be very important as well. Sustainability of supply chain is going to be increasingly ...

Successful ESG integration: moving from why to how

GUILLAUME MASCOTTO  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... data hasn't been audited or contextualised around financial materiality and company fundamentals. A growing body of research supports a positive relationship between high ESG characteristics and investment outcomes. However, as an investment factor ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... average salary for a head of sustainability role in tops $300,000, with women earning slightly more than men, according to research from specialist recruitment agency Talent Nation. Talent Nation collected information from over 200 companies in Australia ...

Auction system proposed to halve electricity emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... generators, and where not possible, retraining and remuneration arrangements. Blueprint Institute is planning further research into this area, with the next topic to address the impact on communities that have employers related to coal-fired generation ...

CSC partners with Osmosis IM on sustainable strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... portfolio will aim to mitigate environmental risks while targeting a better risk-adjusted return. Osmosis uses its in-house research process to standardise unstructured corporate environmental data, enabling the construction of a sustainable investment ...

T. Rowe Price joins Responsible Investment Association Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... anticipating and mitigating risk, and focused on the long-term," the firm said. T. Rowe Price operates a proprietary research model called the Responsible Investing Indicator Model (RIIM) that builds an environmental social and ethical profile of more ...