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The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... considerations can be a really fine balance in emerging markets. We are very cognisant that some of these heavy polluting and carbon emitting companies are a necessity in emerging markets. As a principle, we do not like to invest in coal, but on the ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... risk when it comes to credit risk in general, and high yield specifically, but as environmental data and data relating to carbon emission intensity and other metrics related to climate change has improved, that has impacted on analysis in the high yield ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... investment of overall portfolio resilience against sustainability related risks and metres like different climate scenarios, carbon intensity, etc." Superannuation funds are also integrating and/or evolving ESG policies, with a number of the top-performing ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... systemic risks that are associated with climate change and think about opportunities relating to the transition to a low carbon economy."

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... institutions seeking to scale-up their investments into natural capital, in support of biodiversity restoration, including through carbon offsets; and to share investment knowledge and expertise to help mainstream the natural capital investment theme ...

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
... sets of metrics that have been assembled to collect information." Vulcan Energy, a company that is aiming to be a zero carbon lithium producer for electric vehicle batteries, is using the Socialsuite platform to track its environmental and social impacts ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

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

MUFG Bank structures $333 million green financing deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... NAB and SMBC. The Canberra Metro debt facility is certified as a green loan under the Climate Bond Initiative's Low Carbon Transport Criteria. The project incorporated sustainability principles during design and construction and is now running on ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... and sustainable finance. Prior to that, he was executive director of Climate Strategies, and senior strategy manager at Carbon Trust, both in London. Previous employers also included the University of Oxford, the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage ...