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Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... including divestment. Aviva Investors announced its Climate Engagement Escalation Programme, which is focused on its investments in 30 'Systemically Important Carbon Emitters'. Aviva Investors will require these companies to deliver net zero scope 3 ...

Sustainability important to future of SME sector: Australia Post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... where packaging and shipping can be a large part of their carbon footprint - look to us for leadership in terms of the investments we're making in our packaging and the other moves we're making in reducing emissions, operational waste and anything we ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... discretionary active portfolios because of the risk to client returns. Fink noted that the "tectonic shift" to sustainable investments is accelerating, and this transition presents a historic investment opportunity, particularly in the energy sector. ...

Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
The transition towards a global circular economy will be a key ESG issue in 2021, according to American Century Investments. Companies must rethink resource consumption, energy usage and manufacturing processes with an aim toward eliminating waste and ...

Seeking financial, positive impact in SME investments: Beckon Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... positive and negative impact and reduces the time and costs of traditional due diligence related to direct equity investments. "The cost of doing the due diligence is high, and in the asset management world you get paid on basis points per dollar invested," ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... company action, and will feed through to financial models as well, Peppelenbos said. "One fundamental starting point of investments is the valuation which is based on future cash flow," Peppelenbos said. "This research will feed into our financial models ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... thesis that emerging markets are drastically underserved in terms of both products and services and by focusing on investments that prudently consider ESG material issues can provide a source of long term financial return. Q&A with Irmak Surenkok, portfolio ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... fund managers are developing strategies to capture the positive environmental and social impacts of listed equity investments with the goal of demonstrating how investment capital in public markets can create additional positive outcomes towards aims ...

Australian Ethical tops $5 billion in assets under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... are advocating for change," Simons said. "The larger the number, the greater the impact we can have. We are making investments for a better world, and this growth will allow us to deploy new inflows into investments which are making a sustainable difference. ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... opportunities. The alliance aims to attract both asset owners and asset managers to create scaled investment in natural capital investments through the following goals: mobilise US$10 billion towards natural capital themes across asset classes by 2022 ...