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Brokers recognised for research at ESG Research Australia awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance topics, with carbon risk, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the social issue of obesity, and the Banking Royal Commission all areas of focus. "The need for high quality ESG research has never been greater, as ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... high-sugar foods." "Indeed, Heinz's Shredz products were brought to the attention of the ACCC through a complaint made by the Obesity Policy Coalition," Hamer and Lockhart said. "The Coalition is a lobby group comprised of the Cancer Council Victoria ...

Agriculture, food and beverage pose ESG risks: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... free-trade agreement, but investors need to be mindful of potential risks including food safety issues, worker exploitation and obesity, according to research from Ausbil Investment Management. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil Australia's agriculture, food ...

AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... hard to foresee that voluntary initiatives will be sufficient to avoid additional regulation. The health implications of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, etc., combined with budget pressure on government health spending are too great. As investors ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... five megatrends in the farm sector that IPCM is focusing on - food security, urbanisation, rise of the developing world, obesity in the developed world and climate change - saying that those megatrends can impact on the sector's investment returns. "Each ...

MSCI to collaborate on Access to Nutrition Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... goal is to achieve sustainable changes in the nutrition practices of the global food and beverage industry, ranging from obesity to undernutrition. The main output of the ATNI Project will be the Access to Nutrition Index, which will publicly rate and ...
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