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Which is the most important letter in ESG?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... performance across sectors, some sectors might be better served by adjustments to the weightings. "Social and environmental risk management (represented by the E and S scores) were more important to some sectors than others," the report found. "The E ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
New South Wales Treasury Corporation (TCorp) recently raised $1.8 billion to fund the NSW Government's first green bond. It is a record for the Australian green bond market. Launched on November 8, the green bond issue had a minimum size of $500 ...

TCorp to issue sustainability bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
The NSW Government's debt issuer is making a move into sustainability bonds, with the first issuance expected in the second half of 2018. TCorp's sustainability bonds will raise capital for environmentally or socially responsible projects. NSW ...

Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
The largest educator-only pension fund in the world is divesting from all non-US thermal coal holdings, including Australia-based Whitehaven Coal. The US$206.5 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) teachers' retirement board ...

Insurance giant appoints Australian underwriter to Asia role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Chubb, which recently merged with ACE Insurance, has recently promoted its environmental risk underwriter for Australia and New Zealand to a broader Asia role. Oliver McCauley will now be Chubb's environmental risk underwriter for Asia, reporting to ...

Improvements in ESG leadership: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Seventy-one cents in every dollar invested in the ASX200 belongs to companies demonstrating "leading" standards when it comes to environmental, social and governance reporting. This is one of several key findings by the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

Credit ratings agencies sign PRI statement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Six global credit ratings agencies are joining a Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative that will examine environmental, social and governance factors with a more systematic approach. Kick-starting the initiative was a PRI announcement ...

CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
Rio Tinto is supportive of a resolution co-filed by US pension fund CalPERS requesting the global mining giant provide an annual report on environmental risks and opportunities associated with climate change. CalPERS holds about 250,000 shares in Rio ...

CBA embeds ESG into investment, wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... carbon economy and to reduce the bank's direct environmental impacts. CBA also says it will "apply comprehensive environmental risk management frameworks to our lending and investing decisions; use our position to influence the companies we lend to and ...

Water scarcity a factor for resource fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
Investors need to take into account resource scarcity when investing, Tyndall AM head of Real Assets Richard Lourey said, commenting on a report about water scarcity released by Moody's last Friday. The report is entitled "Global Mining Industry: Water ...