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ESG reporting rises, but companies lagging on climate, diversity: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... the last two years, but less than half of companies have set targets to cut carbon emissions. Ethical Partners Funds Management has released its 2021 Ethical Standard Report, a biennial report representing the finds of the Ethical Partners Opportunity ...

Global fund manager buys Australian forestry asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Managers' Alts team has agreed to acquire approximately 24,000 hectares of Australian woodland and an associated forestry management business from investment funds advised by Global Forest Partners LP (GFP). The acquisition of the Green Triangle ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Jenkins said she recommends boards have expertise and training in this area, so that they can ask informed questions of management on the issue of sexual harassment. Harassment should be a regular agenda item for boards, for example, as research shows ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... place an appropriate governance process to approve the inclusion or exclusion of climate risks in their overall risk management framework." The report recommends four key actions: adjust risk appetite towards climate change, create a climate risk register ...

Alphinity launches SDG-aligned fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Global equities boutique fund manager Alphinity Investment Management has launched a global sustainable strategy aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Alphinity Global Sustainable Equity Fund is a concentrated fund seeking to ...

Institutional Shareholder Services to acquire Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... capabilities to our clients." ISS is majority owned by Deutsche Börse Group, along with Genstar Capital and ISS management. ISS provides ESG and governance research, market intelligence and fund services and data and analytics, as well as public companies ...

Global sustainable investment grows 15%: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... continuing prevalence of sustainable investing across the global investment industry, with sustainable assets under management growing 15% in two years to US$35.3 trillion, and in total equating to 36% of all professionally managed assets across regions ...

New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... production, environmental market exposures, and conservation, in order to generate higher returns than a timber-only management approach and to create climate change mitigation outcomes and positive community impact, the firm said. The global forestry ...

Schroders names APAC sustainability heads

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... will report to Stephanie Chang, head of ESG integration, in London. Dan Chi joined Schroders in 2020 from Nikko Asset Management, where she was global ESG specialist. Schroders noted that the four-person team will comprise a sustainable equity analyst ...

Royal Adelaide Hospital locks in $2bn social, green loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... social benefits of RAH, we looked to bring this to the fore," said ASI head of infrastructure investment and asset management - Australia and New Zealand Bill Haughey. "It gives us more attraction from the lending market, it gives us more scale, which ...