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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... they are taking to achieve their goals. This week, Cbus Super announced a new $240 million mandate with Impax Asset Management that "focuses on investing in opportunities arising from the transition to a more sustainable global economy and the safeguarding ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... engagement with indigenous people, waste and good corporate culture were key topics of engagement for Ausbil Investment Management. Ausbil recently released its engagement report covering its activities in 2020, noting that beginning with the bushfire ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) Risk Analytics Solution. State Street is providing EISS Super customised ESG performance and risk management around carbon emissions data, from both the top down and bottom-up perspectives. EISS Super can also view its $6 billion fund ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... real estate peers to move the industry towards absolute zero carbon Lendlease said. Lendlease's global funds under management currently stands at $29.2 billion of real estate across all major asset classes. Meanwhile, Nuveen Real Estate, with assets ...

Wholesale managed funds continue strong performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... with IP attached as well. The companies appearing in the fund's portfolio, which has $85 million in assets under management, are also screened against the company's ethical charter. Rounding out the top five ESG wholesale managed funds in terms ...

Measuring the gap between ASX board ethics, exec performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... executive team. "The board were setting values which the community would expect to see, but the problem is that he management couldn't operationalise it because there were no clear pathway for what it meant when you made a decision," Rafe said. "When ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... "Diversity and inclusion is a key part of the S or Social component in ESG and we look for indicators around human capital management such as employee hiring and retention," Signori said. "It also goes to governance, when we talk about the correlation ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... engagement with the meat supply chain into five indicators - animal welfare, labour standards, product quality and safety management, and innovation management. Investigative work by NGOs and media outlets, combined with engagement with a number of investors ...

Signs of a "greenium" in bond market: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... massive portfolio transformation to ESG," said Francois Millet, head of ETF strategy, ESG and innovation at Lyxor Asset Management: "ETFs, which invest in largest investment grade EUR and USD issuances provide exposure to the most liquid segment of the ...

Hiring culturally diverse women improves organisational leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... appoint women to a minimum of 30% of board positions, and suggested that this target could be extended into senior management positions as well. She also suggested that encouraging women should happen at multiple levels. "I found this issue myself, which ...