About | Contributor | Annie Zhang

Annie Zhang

I am a penultimate-year student studying a Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws at UTS.

PROFILE

I hope to use my research and writing skills to make a positive contribution towards sustainable finance by helping make content more accessible.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY ANNIE ZHANG

SDG bonds and corporate finance: A roadmap to mainstream investments

United Nations Global Compact
This report describes how a market for mainstream investments that contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could be created with enough liquidity, scale, and diversification, to attract a range of investors. It inspires and guides companies, governments, and cities, to benefit from better funding while implementing the Paris Goals.
Research
22 November 2018

A status report on financial institutions’ experiences from working with green, non green and brown financial assets and a potential risk differential

Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System
This 2020 report presents the results from a survey that assesses whether a risk differential can be detected between green, non-green and brown financial assets (loans and bonds). Based on information obtained by 49 banks, it presents a snapshot of current practices among financial institutions in their asset allocation.
Research
31 May 2020

Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System

Government Sponsored / Multilateral Organisations
Launched at the Paris One Planet Summit in 2017, the network comprises a group of central banks and supervisors who voluntarily work towards sharing best practices and developing environment and climate risk-management in the financial sector in order to mobilise mainstream finance in the transition towards a sustainable economy.
Organisation
5 research items

ESG 2.0: Measuring and managing investor risks beyond the enterprise-level

The Predistribution Initiative
This paper discusses how current institutional investing practices and asset allocation strategies conflict with ESG objectives. It encourages institutional investors to review their systematic risk-management practices and recommends the diversification of asset allocation to more regenerative investment structures and asset classes.
Research
6 April 2021

The Predistribution Initiative

Finance / Corporate Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
The Predistribution Initiative is a non-profit multi-stakeholder effort to co-create improved investment practices and structures which share more wealth and influence with workers and communities. It has the ultimate aim of addressing systemic and systematic risks in markets and investors’ portfolios, such as inequality, climate change and biodiversity loss.
Organisation
2 research items

Winning climate strategies: Practical solutions and building blocks for asset owners from beginner to best practice

ShareAction
Based on interviews with 22 leading asset owners, this 2018 report explores the best-practices landscape for managing climate risks and opportunities. The report identifies barriers faced by industry leaders and presents a framework of ten building blocks for other asset owners developing and introducing climate strategies.
Research
30 June 2018

An industry infected: Animal agriculture in a post-COVID world

Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR)
In light of COVID-19, this report explores the growing concerns that the animal protein industry is vulnerable to fostering diseases, supply-chain bottlenecks, and food safety issues. FAIRR promotes the Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index, a tool for investors to analyse how companies address animal welfare, and worker and food safety.
Research
3 June 2020