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MSCI shifts to the cloud with Microsoft alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... drivers of risk and performance," MSCI and Microsoft said. The two companies will also explore opportunities to drive climate risk and ESG solutions by leveraging Microsoft's Azure and Power platform and MSCI's ESG and climate solution capabilities. ...

BlackRock offers update on dumping coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... proxy season, we took voting action against 53 companies for their failure to make sufficient progress regarding climate risk disclosure or management." That action meant BlackRock voted against the re-election of one or more members of a company's board ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... priorities will be governance, strategy alignment for the long term, human capital management, stakeholder engagement and climate risk. The sustainable investing team collaborated with a working group of 19 senior portfolio managers, research analysts ...

HESTA to go zero carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... of the most comprehensive of its kind undertaken by a superannuation fund, mapping out how we're going to manage climate risk, align our actions to a below-two-degrees world and support the transition to a low-carbon economy," said Debby Blakey, HESTA ...

Investors should factor in climate risk: JANA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
JANA has called on investors to factor climate change into major investment decisions, warning the impact of climate change and unclear policy responses by governments pose a significant risk to returns. In a report sent to clients, including superannuation ...

IFM cuts carbon footprint from Aussie infra assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... across the 13 assets. "The annual carbon footprint measurement is an integral element of our approach to managing climate risk across our infrastructure portfolio," IFM Investors head of responsible investing Chris Newton said. "Transitioning infrastructure ...

Willis Towers Watson, Aon to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... match capital with unmet client needs in high-growth areas like cyber, delegated investments, intellectual property, climate risk and health solutions." In terms of governance, Haley will take on the role of executive chair, with the business to be run ...

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... long-term financial return, we don't have a social impact mandate," Price said. "So as Dr. Arndt has been saying, we take climate risk into account in terms of how we invest the portfolio, what scenarios could impact the portfolio, but we don't have ...

Academics protest UniSuper investments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
UniSuper is again facing criticism over its continued investment in fossil fuels, this time directly from its members. Led by advocacy group Market Forces, university academics are today protesting against what they describe as UniSuper's "continued ...

Climate risk should be integral to business: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... and decisions, if companies are going to survive," she said. "Regulators and the broader community have identified climate risk as a growing area of concern, and company directors are likely to face increasing scrutiny of their decisions in the years ...