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Consultant launches responsible investment index for manager selection

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... ESG integration, negative screening, norms-based screening, active ownership, positive screening, thematic investing and impact investing, integrating principles outlined by RIAA and the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. The index was developed ...

Say on climate a "milestone moment" for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Four ASX listed companies thus far have committed to putting their climate strategy plans to shareholders to a vote at their 2022 AGMs, the first companies in the world to do so. The "say on climate" resolutions are advisory votes only, but engagement ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... this risk, as a critical risk going forward." Human capital management is another area that has come forward with renewed impact in 2020 and into 2021, Davila noted. "People and the management of people, is for most companies, their most important resource," ...

Local pick-up a key to reducing emissions in e-commerce: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... and more sustainable for the long-term." The study used data from London, Chicago, and Sydney. The model estimates the impact on outputs such as emissions and traffic congestion, based on inputs including local fulfilment centre prevalence, population ...

$150 million impact fund to target small companies for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
A firm founded by ex-managers from Goldman Sachs and Bankers Trust are launching a $150 million impact fund to invest in small and medium-sized Australian businesses. Growth equity investor Beckon Capital is developing a fund to invest in small and ...

Global fund manager launches local climate transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... reduction in potential carbon emissions of the strategy against the parent benchmark, MSCI World Index. Bennett likened the impact of heavy emitting companies to the pareto principle - that the majority of the consequences come from a minority of companies. ...

Global digitalisation impacting environmental, social factors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... financial services, cleaner energy, they're all taking digitalisation and becoming more efficient in reducing their physical impact on the world." Digitalisation is playing a positive role in economic development and social empowerment, and Janus Henderson ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... project with a super fund client, saying "net zero emissions was only part of the objective. We also looked at the physical impact risks, and thinking about how they can be measured and managed as well. "Certainly, net zero is a key part of the transition ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... underlying credit rating, but it helps in the credit assessment, to know that we're actually honing in on ESG issues and also impact on credit risk. There is an interrelationship there, even if it's not direct." Image courtesy of Micheile Henderson on ...

Diversity, human rights, climate change lead agenda: ASI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Diversity and inclusion, human rights and climate change continue to be issues of engagement for Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI). In addition to joining the 40:40 Vision campaign, ASI has also developed its own diversity and inclusion expectation ...