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Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... head explained that the enhanced indexing approach enables a "comprehensive integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics at every step of the investment process." "We can analyse portfolios, we can look at the environmental ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... because a lot of them sit in [master limited partnership] MLP ownership structures which are complex and have poor governance characteristics. You see that there is a strong risk of stranded assets in that sector, which has kept us from investing in ...

Sydney Airport issues $600m bond with sustainability linked tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... outcomes across the entire ESG spectrum including sustainability performance and disclosures in the areas of corporate governance, safety and waste." Sydney Airport has both discrete initiative to drive improvement in those areas, as well as activities ...

Hendrik van Calcar steps down as director of Qantas Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... particular, he is proud to have reinvigorated conversations on the consideration of ESG - environmental, social, and governance - factors in Qantas Super's investing. "We are now on the frontier of being able to take another step forward on ESG. I feel ...

Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
As asset owners continue to integrate environmental, social and corporate governance into their investment and operations processes, integrating ESG considerations into securities lending programs is a consideration on the agenda. Natalie Floate, head ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... ozone layer had long lead times and now acknowledge they should have acted sooner. In the 90s, environmental social and governance (ESG) didn't exist so investors didn't have to worry so much about the effect of CFCs on investments. They just had to ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... that clear commitment to disclosure when reporting, it makes it difficult," he said. "If we have transparency around governance, around use of proceeds, and its' from a company that actually can make a tangible difference to the strategy through the ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Australian small and mid-cap listed companies listed governance, diversity, safety and equality as their top three material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, as well as areas of future improvement, according to a survey conducted by ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Investments Commission, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the ASX Corporate Governance Outlines and the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and Auditing & Assurance Standards Board (AuASB) have all ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... SSGA's R-Factor scoring system. SSGA's R-Factor scoring system measures company performance on environmental, social and governance grounds. "We will start take voting action against companies that are clear laggards in terms of how they are addressing ...