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Call for education on difference between sustainable, impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... environmental impact, but you're also progressing that to what are you doing socially, what are you doing from a governance perspective." Zurich talks with advisers about these concepts, but demand is being driven by investors who are questioning ...

Governance key concern for AGM season: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Governance issues will dominate considerations during this year's AGM season for fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors. Dimensional manages about $AU800bn globally from 13 offices around the world, including two in Australia. Its clients are institutional ...

PRI executive appointed to European Platform on Sustainable Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... for Arthur Andersen and as a market analyst at Krone, a German-based telecommunications company, and as a corporate governance policy advisor to Senator Penny Wong. "This Sustainable Finance Platform will provide valuable ideas and input in our work ...

The intersection of conduct culture and company value

SUSHEELA PERES DA COSTA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Note: this article was first written in 2018 Overview The ethical conduct, trustworthiness and 'social licence to operate' of a company matter to the community and consumers, especially in a post-GFC world. But what about shareholders? They ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... its role as fiduciary to clients, and says it uses the tools of investment stewardship to "promote sound corporate governance and business practices to help maximize long-term shareholder value for our clients." "What we need to do is ensure the long ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... the rollout of solar and energy efficiency programs," said Fiona Walmsley, Woolworths group head of sustainability governance. "We're clear we have a long way to go and will continue our transition to a less energy intensive operation and cleaner energy ...

Three lessons when assessing ESG risks

JOSHUA KENDALL  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... had lost c.80% of their investment value. It is another in a long line of examples of how environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks can have a material impact on the creditworthiness of a company. No risk assessment can be 100% certain and fraud ...

Northern Trust outlines social, environmental challenges to road ahead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Reimaging capitalism and reengaging with climate risk are two of the broad themes that will affect financial markets over the next five years, according to Northern Trust. Northern Trust has updated their capital market assumptions, forecasting global ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Stocks with higher environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores have outperformed companies with lower ESG scores, according to Bank of America. Good ESG companies typically have better return on equity, lower earnings volatility and lower share ...

Chronos Sustainability appoints Arisa Kishigami

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainable investment for Asia Pacific, where she developed and advised on a range of high profile environmental social and governance (ESG) investment indices and ratings and client engagement programmes on stewardship and ESG integration. Kishigami ...