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ESG focus on climate change, income inequality: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Annual ESG Report, ESG is being ingrained into its investment processes, impacting how it interacts with thousands of company managements in its portfolios and how it casts its proxy votes, and influencing its advocacy efforts to protect shareholder ...

Pivot to virtual AGMs, communication offer opportunities: Redback Connect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Commission (ASIC) permitting companies to hold virtual and hybrid AGMs in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, moving company communication to virtual modes is higher on the agenda. IR professionals are dealing with these changes at a time when investor ...

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... their definitions capture different sections of their respective workforces. The report outlines potential impacts on company performance, including poorer Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) outcomes, increased possibility of involvement in modern ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... bond, with some proceeds allocated to a COVID-19 response. As for the corporates, unless you're a pure play like a medical company where it's easier, if there was issuance related to COVID-19, it would be more likely under a broader sustainability bond ...

Increased integration of ESG in securities lending: State Street Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... integrating ESG research into borrowing and lending arrangements, but it is unclear what impact short selling has on a company's material ESG performance in the long term, according to research from State Street Associates. Bridget Realmuto LaPerla ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... emissions are massive - comparable to the carbon footprint of Australia. This is a staggering level of climate risk for any company, and hence for any investor, to bear. With rival miners such as BHP, Vale and Glencore having already committed to set ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... "Organisations are providing us with their investment portfolio if they're investors or their spending data if they're a company," said Kimberly Randle, executive director, FairSupply. "We classify data and run it through the technology, which ...

Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) lodged four shareholder resolutions with the AGM of ASX-listed oil and gas company Woodside Petroleum Limited. The AGM was held 30 April in Perth. Resolution 4(b) asked the company to "to set and disclose emissions ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... ESG ratings. AXA IM's observations were reinforced by similar research by Fidelity International. Fidelity found that a company's market performance and ESG rating are positively correlated, "even in a crisis." The equity and fixed income securities ...

Trucost hires Michael Salvatico to head APAC ESG business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... "I am excited to join S&P family and lead the Asia Pacific team," Salvatico said "S&P have deep and broad expertise in company analysis and are committed to ESG Research. The Trucost name is recognised as a leader in climate change analytics. I look ...