Alexandra Tracy on Responsible Investing
Shocks, Black Swans and Climate Change
19 March 2012
Among the top ten global risks identified by the experts were fiscal crises, wars and global corruption. However, ranked the very highest when likelihood and impact were combined was climate change.
Is Asian corporate governance fatally flawed?
27 January 2012
Tepco, Japan's largest utility, which is receiving a bailout after poor board oversight and risk management contributed to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, has been filing falsified reports to nuclear ...
Climate Change: Collaborative Effort Needed
19 September 2011
Multiple stresses in Asia will be compounded further due to climate change. It is likely that climate change will impinge on sustainable development of most developing countries of Asia.
The new goldrush - how to assess agriculture?
8 May 2011
Burgeoning demand in emerging markets is accompanied by considerable supply constraints, with good quality arable land shrinking, fresh water becoming a scarcer resource and climate change events...
Engagement – who has the real power ?
5 March 2011
It may not be too cynical to suspect that the ability of investors and NGOs to influence those companies which are end–users of rare earths to put pressure on their suppliers – when it is those...
Flexibility needed to track the best companies
3 January 2011
For many investors, rather than limiting the investable universe, it may be more appropriate to include ESG factors into the investment process.
Good governance - it all starts at the top
4 November 2010
It is essential that Asian pension and reserve funds, which are the dominant asset owners in the region, should view governance on two levels.
BP’s loss is sustainability’s gain?
29 September 2010
It is clear that investors should use their position as shareholders to engage with companies to ensure that risks are identified and properly managed, in order to prevent future disasters.
Sustainability versus stimulus – which way for China’s banks ?
17 June 2010
In the wake of the Asian financial crisis in 1998, a discussion of sustainability in the context of Chinese banks would most likely have referred to a given institution’s likelihood of survival.
Advancing the sustainability agenda
16 April 2010
In Asia, there are many challenges involved in the effort to establish sustainability standards as business and investment norms.
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