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First Sentier Investors launch Modern Slavery Toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... their investment teams to identify, address and report on instances of Modern Slavery risk in their operations and investments. Kate Turner, responsible investment specialist, First Sentier Investors First Sentier Investors will report its Modern Slavery ...

EdTech sector shows investment, impact opportunities: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Credit Suisse believes the Coronavirus pandemic will accelerate investment, with many EdTech companies bringing forward investments into new functionalities. This investment will only continue, as educators and administrators recognise that many of these ...

Digital human rights rise up the agenda post-COVID-19: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the resolution translates to roughly 45% of the independent votes. The four lead filers of the resolution are NEI Investments of Toronto, the international business of Federated Hermes of London, U.K.; Robeco in the Netherlands; and The Sustainability ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... (138 out of 686 proposals) between 2017 and 2019: Cbus, AustralianSuper, BT Financial Group, Media Super, Russell Investments, First State Super, UniSuper and AMP. The point of the research is not to see all superannuation funds supporting all ESG-related ...

First State Super joins global call for SDG focus to post-COVID recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... critical small to medium-sized business sector to access capital to scale up and drive jobs growth." Stewart cited investments such as First State Super's allocation of $200 million in key worker affordable housing initiatives, supporting jobs growth ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainability, with responsibility for the organisation's product governance and sustainability functions across super, investments and insurance, Maple-Brown Abbott said. Pringle is also co-Chair of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... are dominated by green, social and sustainability bonds ($17 billion), while the remaining $2.9 billion in impact investments held by Australian investors comprise real assets ($2.2 billion), private debt ($287 million), public equity ($195 million) ...

Chronos Sustainability hires Ian Woods for strategic Australian/NZ role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... (IGCC, Australia, NZ) of which he was Deputy Chair until 2019, and was previously head of AMP Capital's Sustainable Investments team. "Ian's experience, long-standing commitment and contribution to global sustainable investment has marked him out as ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... critical is is to be working on creating jobs supporting health and well-being, supporting economic wellbeing, growing investments and solving the climate crisis." This approach is consistent with the work of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative ...

Pivot to virtual AGMs, communication offer opportunities: Redback Connect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... investors, and that email and face-to-face channels lacked reporting and data. With the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) permitting companies to hold virtual and hybrid AGMs in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, moving company ...