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Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... overarching theme that the fund is actively managing. "An example of a megatrend that we are keeping an eye on is climate change," Seery said. "This is the greatest environmental and social challenge the world has ever faced. Our strategy avoids high ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... ground, and that comes down to the engagement piece," she said. "We engage with companies on big, broad issues like climate change, remuneration, and social and governance issues that might come up. That's where we can combine our investment power and ...

Future Business Council to close, join BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia as part of the agreement. John Hewson, chair of the BCSD Australia, said FBC had been instrumental in "making climate change a central focus in boardrooms across the nation with the fiduciary duties and climate change legal opinion, as well ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The COVID-19 pandemic is not likely to halt regulatory and investor expectations around corporate progress on climate change risk, according to MinterEllison. Sarah Barker, head of climate risk governance at Minter Ellison Lawyers MinterEllison recently ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
While business and investment focus in on managing the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change remains a long-term systemic risk that will return to the forefront once the crisis has stabilised, according to AMP Capital. Emily Woodland, head of sustainable ...

ESG focus on climate change, income inequality: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Climate change risks will impact virtually all of T. Rowe Price's portfolio holdings to various degrees, leading the global fund manager to factor climate change into analysts' evaluation. Maria Elena Drew, Director of Research, Responsible Investing ...

U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the climate action movement, and we are dedicating time to the collaboration effort that we have going on around climate change, and continuing to strive for a 1.5 degree scenario. There is definitely a risk of momentum being lost, but we don't feel ...

APRA creating and recruiting to fill role of head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... of a changing climate," according to a job advertisement placed online. APRA's focus on the financial risks of climate change has steadily increased in recent years. In 2017, Geoff Summerhayes, APRA executive board member, made a landmark speech in which ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... "Today's vote shows investors have woken up to Rio Tinto's obfuscation and the huge risks to its business from climate change and transition," said Julien Vincent, Market Forces executive director. ""Rio's scope 3 emissions are massive - comparable to ...

Future Super promotes Kirstin Hunter to co-founder

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... and will be key in propelling the Future Super story further so that we can build a prosperous future, free from climate change and inequality." Earlier in April, Hunter participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Responsible Investment Association ...