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Ninth Annual Research Awards

Rob Fowler

Chair ESG Research Australia

Ninth Annual Research Awards

Ninth Annual Research Awards

Natasha McKean

Chair of the Research Evaluation Committee ESG Research Australia

Matt Picone Andrew Gray Xinting Jia Cameron Brown Natasha McKean (Chair) Stuart Wilson Sybil Dixon

The judges

Research based awards: Best Piece of New ESG Research Best Piece of Ongoing ESG Research Overall award: Best ESG Broking Firm

The awards

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 BAML Citi CLSA Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs JP Morgan Macquarie Securities Morgan Stanley UBS 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017/2018

22 research reports were nominated from 7 broking firms

Broker representation

Five research reports were shortlisted for each research award

New Research Award

Understanding Climate Risk and Resilience in Investee Companies Bigger, Badder and more Opaque Taxing Infrastructure Disenfranchised: Heads I win, tails you lose JPM’s ESGQ Stock Screen – Australia

Ongoing Research Award

CEO Incentives and Analyst Expectations for ASX100 Companies Safety Spotlight AGM Series The long and short of it ESG Wrap

The shortlist

• Integrated into investment decision making?
• Content for engagement?

Integration and usability

• Framework for assessing the issue?
• Clear and timely issue identification?

Rigour

• Differentiate between short and long term

impacts?

Reliability

• New information and insights?

Originality (New research)

• Developed in depth or breadth?

Innovation (Ongoing research)

The judging criteria

Best Piece of New ESG Research

“Bigger, Badder and more Opaque The Task ahead for Investors Undertaking 2 Degree Scenario Analysis” Zoe Whitton and Edward McKinnon

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Best Piece of Ongoing ESG Research

“CEO Incentives and Analyst Expectations for ASX100 Companies” Sameer Chopra et al

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Best ESG Broking Firm

Ninth Annual Research Awards

Rob Fowler

Chair ESG Research Australia

Ninth Annual Research Awards

With thanks to our sponsors for their generous support

Ninth Annual Research Awards

Responsible Investment Association Australasia

RIAA’s ESG Research Award – recognizing excellence in investor relevant ESG research Best Piece of Investor ESG (non-broking firm) Relevant Research

Award Criteria

Investo tor u usability ty – relevant and usable for Australasian investors, to inform investor portfolios, asset allocation, provide informed advice or inform engagement or other stewardship activities by investors Ri Rigou

• ur –rigorous and robust, based on a credible, transparent methodology with clearly

disclosed assumptions Innovati tion a and o

• riginality

ty – contain new information and insights and be differentiated from other material available in the market place

Judging Committee

Nata tasha M McKean, Maple-Brown Abbott Liza M McDonald, First State Super Talieh W Williams, UniSuper Simon O O’Connor, Responsible Investment Association Australasia Nicolette tte B Boele, Responsible Investment Association Australasia

Representation

5 - ESG research houses 4 - NGOs individually 3 - Fund managers 2 - Academia and policy think-tank

19 eligible nominations

Number of Research Topics Nominated by Theme

1 2 3 4 5 6

Environment Climate Change & Energy Social Governance All ESG

Topic areas

Social

Human rights Gender pay equity Gender and poverty in the fashion industry Underage lending and access to 18+ transactions

Governance

Conflicts of interest ESG, how to; and new and emerging risks for ESG Effective grievance mechanisms - banking sector Strategic human capital disclosures Efficacy of climate risk disclosures

Environment

Energy and climate policy and scenario planning Reassessing sovereign credit ratings

Short-listed

v Ge Gender Pay Eq Equity and Australian Listed Companies CAER and Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility v Sh Shareh eholder er Res esolution Res esea earch Ser Series es Regnan Governance Research & Engagement v Ali Alignment to cli limate regula latory scenarios: A A case study of Au Australi lian companies MSCI ESG Research v Cl Climate Horizons Report: Sce cenarios and Strategi gies for Ma Managi ging g Cl Climate Risk Centre for Policy Development (with input from ClimateWorks Australia)

RIAA’s ESG Research Award – recognizing excellence in investor relevant ESG research Best Piece of Investor Relevant ESG Research (non-broking firm)

Joint Winner

Climate Horizons Report: Scenarios and Strategies for Managing Climate Risk

Centr tre f for P Policy D Developme ment t

(with th i input f t from C Climate teWorks A Austr tralia) Sam Hurley and Kate Mackenzie

Alignment to climate regulatory scenarios: A case study of Australian companies

MSCI E ESG R Research

Brendan Baker and Morgan Ellis

Joint Winner