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Ninth Annual Research Awards With thanks to our sponsors for their generous support

Ninth Annual Research Awards Rob Fowler Chair ESG Research Australia

Ninth Annual Research Awards Natasha McKean Chair of the Research Evaluation Committee ESG Research Australia

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

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

Broker representation 22 research reports were nominated from 7 broking firms 14 12 2010 10 2011 2012 8 2013 6 2014 4 2015 2 2016 2017/2018 0 BAML Citi CLSA Credit Suisse Deutsche Goldman JP Morgan Macquarie Morgan UBS Bank Sachs Securities Stanley

The shortlist 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 judging criteria Integration and • Integrated into investment decision making? usability • Content for engagement? • Framework for assessing the issue? Rigour • Clear and timely issue identification? • Differentiate between short and long term Reliability impacts? Originality • New information and insights? (New research) Innovation • Developed in depth or breadth? (Ongoing research)

Ninth Annual Research Awards 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

Ninth Annual Research Awards Best Piece of Ongoing ESG Research “CEO Incentives and Analyst Expectations for ASX100 Companies” Sameer Chopra et al

Ninth Annual Research Awards 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

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

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 our –rigorous and robust, based on a credible, transparent methodology with clearly Rigou Ri disclosed assumptions Innovati tion a and o originality 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 Williams , UniSuper Talieh W O’Connor , Responsible Investment Association Australasia Simon O 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 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Environment Climate Social Governance All ESG Change & Energy

Governance Topic areas Conflicts of interest ESG, how to; and new and emerging risks for ESG Effective grievance mechanisms - banking sector Social Strategic human capital disclosures Human rights Efficacy of climate risk disclosures Gender pay equity Reassessing sovereign credit ratings Gender and poverty in the fashion industry Underage lending and access to 18+ transactions Environment Energy and climate policy and scenario planning

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

Joint Winner Alignment to climate regulatory scenarios: A case study of Australian companies MSCI E ESG R Research Brendan Baker and Morgan Ellis