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Identifying female leadership as driver of value: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Roc-Sennett said. "How does this female leadership score relate - it's not related to GINI coefficient but somewhat to GDP per capita. It's not related to the feeling of equality," he said. "It's about meritocracy and that's what makes ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... catalysing private finance. "We need greater ambition - you can't escape from that," Dodwell said. "We have 75% of global GDP under net zero goals. We have 19 of the G20 signed up to net zero. The transformation in the past two years, you can't ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... greater ambition - you can't escape from that," said Impax head of policy and advocacy Chris Dodwell. "We have 75% of global GDP under net zero goals. We have 19 of the G20 signed up to net zero. The transformation in the past two years, you can't ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... agriculture Adrian Goonan noted that the agriculture sector is Australia's fastest growing sector and represents 4% of Australia's GDP at $67 billion. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 Conference panel at the event ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... are significant for Pacific Island countries, where the agriculture and forestry industries account for between 20%-30% of GDP. There is increasing interest in carbon credits that are derived from nature-based solutions because of the concept of co-benefits ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Australia could lose as much as 12.5% per year in GDP by 2050 unless there is more ambitious action on climate change, according to Oxfam Australia. Oxfam Australia is calling upon G7 leaders and invited guest countries including Australia to cut carbon ...

ESG investing growing strongly in Asia: J.P. Morgan Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... region. "Economies committing to net-zero emissions by or near the middle of this century already made up 77% of Asia's 2019 GDP and 46% of the population in 2019, according to World Bank data," Hui said. "This is a powerful market shift that will shape ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... even if advanced economies can vaccinate all of their citizens, they remain at risk of a sluggish recovery with a drag on GDP if infection continues to spread unabated in emerging markets. The statement said the global economy "stands to lose as much ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... the US election outcome will rapidly shift the direction of the second largest global emitter. Now well over half of global GDP is from countries covered by net-zero emissions targets according to the UK's Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, and approximately ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... and Congress looks highly unlikely - is that fiscal stimulus will be less," they said. "This will dampen the outlook for US GDP growth. It will also likely prolong the need for monetary policy support." Given that another round of stimulus spending will ...