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Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... government policy, and what we believe is the most realistic scenario if we look at the next 10 years." The scenarios of the research are used in two ways - in discussions with clients over their mandates, and with internal teams on product development ...

Class linked to experience of inclusion at work: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... backgrounds experience more exclusion, discrimination and harassment at work than people from higher classes, according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). DCA recently released Class at Work, a report based on a survey of more than 3,000 ...

ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... wholesale ESG managed funds have turned in strong returns over the past one and three years to August 2020, according to research from Rainmaker Information. BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) has shown a return of 27.9% over the past ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... development, including significant support from the Queensland government, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, the academic research community and the not for profit sector," Schultz said. Schultz noted that the investment required to meet water quality ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... over alternative fossil-fuel energy sources in buildings, transportation, and power generation," Lewis wrote in a recent research paper on green hydrogen and the future of the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Third, the pre-requisite for making green ...

Medibank issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... has had to, and you have to be conscious about that in terms of the decision you're making." Medibank is conducting a research study on the health impacts of loneliness, Bishop added. "We are embarking on essentially a longitudinal piece on loneliness ...

RIAA adviser guide aims at education in ESG space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... and transparency such that clients are not surprised by investments that they did not expect. Yo Takatsuki, head of ESG research and active ownership at AXA Investment Management also highlighted that in addition to having information on fund options ...

Zenith creates ESG framework for fund classification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... investing strategies for clients by introducing a tiered framework that describes funds' activities based on their research. "When considering the landscape of ESG issues or values, there are dozens if not hundreds of issues that underpin those pillars ...

Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... it's a realisation that clients really want to feel good and express a view of their investments," Reedman said. "The research we've done suggests that there's not a performance drag when doing that. That's predicated on taking a long ...

Green loans in "nascent" stage: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand are at a "nascent" stage in the development of its green loans sector, according to new research from the Climate Bonds Initiative. Climate Bonds has released the inaugural Australia and New Zealand Green Loans report, analysing ...