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U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... internationally, we don't hold any energy in terms of direct oil producers and explorers, etc., and we're underweight materials, sothat's reduced some of that variability." U Ethical is also slightly underweight banks in Australia and internationally ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... coronavirus. While cancellations can be carried out by force majeure, by doing so, factories are stranded holding raw materials, and worker layoffs are inevitable. The Worker Rights Consortium have developed a list tracking how global brands are responding ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... precise degree to which non-correlated sources of ESG contribute to performance. "In certain sectors, like energy and materials, it's clearer that the impact of the oil shock has been the greater attributor of outperformance, rather than the impacts ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... reviewing supplier contracts to ensure maximum transparency from suppliers in respect to working conditions, safety of materials and environmental impacts of materials were the three most popular responses selected. However, 21% of respondents said the ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... governance and work with partners to identify and address ESG-related supply chain risks such as modern slavery and materials safety. (source: AMP Capital) AMP Capital has identified climate change as a material risk, both in terms of physical risks ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk than benchmarks in the US, UK and Canada, with the exception of the Australian materials sector, which has relatively more risk than counterparts, according to new research from Sustainalytics. Sustainalytics ...

Sustainable practices can yield sustainable profits: Calvert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... as these issues remain top-of-mind to consumers. This convergence was evident in certain industries that process raw materials, including containers & packaging, paper & forest products, and building products." Serafeim and Calvert's analysis tested ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... sector-level return impacts to 2050 are all negative except for renewables, infrastructure, and minor positives for materials, telecoms and consumer staples. In 3C and 4C scenarios, all sectors, apart from renewables, have negative return impacts to ...

Companies increase ESG reporting, but "glaring gaps" remain: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... level of morale and culture, as well as a leading indicator for retaining staff," the report said. "For example, one Materials company had only 53% of staff respond to their survey and of those that responded it was determined that 99% of those were ...

T. Rowe Price evaluates sustainability impacts of plastic consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... they're trying to meeting those changes in demand." This particular piece of research was also put to T. Rowe Price's materials sector analysts. "The materials sector is not close to the end consumer, so we want them to think about this more broadly ...