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Ethical fund manager sets ambitious FUM target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... are expecting more from companies and investment managers, particularly around the accountability of social and environmental issues," said Leah Willis, head of distribution at Australian Ethical. "We have seen significant consumer demand, and adviser ...

BetaShares to launch climate change innovation ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... designed to provide investors with exposure to global companies "at the forefront of tackling today's climate and environmental challenges." ERTH is expected to commence trading "in the near future," BetaShares said. Companies included in the index that ...

ESG part of financial sustainability of infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are part of calculating long term financial sustainability of infrastructure investments, according to ClearBridge Investments. ClearBridge, which was known as RARE Infrastructure until earlier ...

Ausbil drops fossil fuel companies from sustainable fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Ausbil has excluded companies that derive more than 10% of earnings from direct and indirect fossil fuel holdings from its Active Sustainable Equity Fund. The fund has recently celebrated its third year since inception, reporting an 11.77% annual return ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... choices. In 2021 we need to think about how ESG evolves to become what we call EST. How might we reboot to adopt an Environmental, Social and Technology mindset and implementation plan? The "G" in ESG is commonly thought of as representing board governance. ...

Agriculture sector can contribute to climate solutions: GreenCollar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... with the aim of expanding carbon farming in the state by supporting land-sector projects that deliver additional environmental, social and economic co-benefits. Carbon farming refers to carbon abatement and sequestration activities on agricultural land. ...

Green economy a multi-trillion dollar opportunity: FTSE Russell

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... high energy efficiency products; companies with internal operations that produce products or services with lower environmental footprints than the rest of its industry sector; industries in transition, and companies with involvement/netting off of "dirtier" ...

Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... our ability to attract superior talent and progresses Regnan's plans to become a global leader in providing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment strategies and solutions to clients," said Emilio Gonzalez, group chief executive officer ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... PRI named Neuberger Berman a Leader, a designation awarded to fewer than 1% of investment firms for excellence in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The PRI also awarded Neuberger Berman an A+ in every eligible category for their approach ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... that's how it's built," Bernhardt said. "For quite a few of our clients, we already manage a whole range of environmental and social metrics, and it's literally an unlimited universe if you wanted to track conflict minerals, timber, Indigenous ...