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Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Resources Institute came out with this statistic that said that global water security would cost as little as 1% of global GDP," Porter said. "They also calculated that for every US dollar that a company or gov't invests in things like improving access ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... the total costs and impacts will not be calculated for some time. Initial notes from economists suggest that the damage to GDP in the March quarter could cost 0.4%. However, these initial calculations do not take into consideration damage to natural ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... this model. Meanwhile in the UK, there are more than 14,000 Community Interest Companies that contribute three per cent of GDP and five per cent of the UK's total employment. Closer to home, the NZ Government is exploring legal models to drive investment ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... investors," and calculates that "total potential liabilities of a simulated cap-and-trade scheme range from 0.7% of Australia's 2018 GDP to 15.8% in 2050." The report noted that Australian materials firms face 14% more unmanaged ESG risk than their global ...

Emerging markets bring exposure to unmanaged ESG risk: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... tension in emerging markets. That, as well as IMF cutting its projection for several markets including EMs for 2020 in terms of GDP growth, we thought it would be a good time to look at emerging markets equities thru an ESG lens." Sustainalytics noted ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
Digitalization and the increased integration of digital technologies are a double edged sword, bringing benefits, but also presenting risks to environment, society and governance, according to Simon Carter, managing director of Morphosis. Simon Carter ...

Insight Investment analyses ESG factors affecting sovereign credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
Although countries with higher GDP per capita have better scores on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, there has been "little or no relationship between the ESG performance or momentum of a country and its credit rating or credit spreads," ...

Sustainalytics outlines ten key global ESG risks for 2018

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Sustainability research house Sustainalytics has outlined 10 key ESG risks for 2018, ranging from water management to measures for consumer protection. Martin Vezer, senior associate, thematic research, Sustainalytics Sustainalytics published 10 for ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... countries at greatest risk. Australia has a higher than average number of incidents, and a higher amount of incidents per unit of GDP as well, the study found. "During our study period (2014-2016), 941 incidents occurred in Australia," said Martin Vezer ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Westpac and Mirvac have been named as global leaders in two of the 24 industry groups represented in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2017. S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), and RobecoSAM, an investment specialist focused on sustainability investing ...