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Insights articles categorised 'ESG'

First State Super Divests Thermal Coal

Nathalie Wallace, Global Head of ESG Investment Strategy, State Street Global Investors

Pandemic Could Accelerate Energy Transition

The coronavirus pandemic could accelerate the transition from fossil fuel energy generation to generation through renewable energy, as demand and supply shocks affect the forecast for peak fuel usage and gives policymakers the tools to implement a more sustainable energy system, according to State Street Global Advisors.

Rio Tinto – A Test Case for ESG

Editorial, ESG

As Rio Tinto destroys a unique piece of cultural heritage will asset owners’ ESG policies enable them to respond, or will it just be business as usual?

Arti Prasad (l) and Jessica Gilbert (r) of New Zealand Super

Pricing Climate Change at NZ Super Fund

Asset Owners, ESG, Pacific Region, Women in Finance

NZ Super has developed a framework to help the investment team think about pricing climate change and adjust its valuation methodologies.

Tim Mitchell, Global Head of Governance Consulting, Willis Towers Watson

The Importance of Board Education

Asset Owners, ESG

Tim Mitchell has been called the ‘Mr. Zero’ of New Zealand Super, having been involved before the first employee was appointed. In this interview, Mitchell talks about setting up the governance framework of the fund and the importance of board education.

Danielle Welsh-Rose, ESG Investment Director, APAC, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Addressing the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy

ESG, Women in Finance

Addressing climate change risks should not simply be about measuring carbon emissions, but about future-proofing business models, Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Danielle Welsh-Rose says.

Deborah Ng, Head of Responsible Investing and Director of Strategy & Risk at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Ontario Teachers’ Starts to Flip the ESG Risk Lens

Asset Owners, ESG, Women in Finance

Ontario Teachers’ Deborah Ng talks about the flip side of ESG risk and the opportunities from the transition to a low-carbon economy

Energy Transition Well Underway: SSGA

ESG, Innovation

In a new report, State Street Global Advisors concludes that global demand for fossil fuels will peak this decade. We speak to Carlo M. Funk to hear how this might impact institutional investors.

ABP lifts Hood on Sustainability Policy

Asset Owners, ESG

Dutch pension fund ABP has set itself some ambitious targets in its sustainable investment policy for 2030, but how they got there is equally interesting.

Fiona Reynolds, CEO of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment

Roadmap seeks to end Modern Slavery

ESG

A commission against modern slavery has called upon the finance sector to end slavery and provides a blueprint of how to achieve this in a report launched at the United Nations.