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Pricing, liquidity, standards challenge green bond market: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... fiduciary duty to make sure that return is as good as it should be. As an investor, should I be investing in a brown bond in a company at a better price than a green bond?" Purdie noted that the costs of external verification and documentation is relatively ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) and institutional investors have filed a shareholder resolution with BHP, calling on the company to suspend its memberships in industry associations which obstruct climate policy in Australia. ACCR is joined by Vision ...

ACSI issues updated Governance Guidelines for ASX300 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... to diversity. On social licence to operate, ACSI said "we reinforce our view that acting in the best interests of the company requires considering the interests of a broad range of stakeholders, and we ask companies to articulate how they do so." Social ...

ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Company boards and directors are "challenged by important elements of non-financial risk management," according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader ASIC this ...

Sustainable practices can yield sustainable profits: Calvert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Serafeim of Harvard Business School in collaboration with Calvert Research and Management. Calvert is part of the Eaton Vance Company. The report found that sustainability practices have converged across companies within most industries, but companies ...

Rainmaker Group acquires The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Financial services information publishing company Rainmaker Group has acquired sustainable investment specialist publications The Sustainability Report and Audacious Investing. Rachel Alembakis, founder, The Sustainability Report Effective 1 October ...

Climate change impacts "top of mind" for investors: Nuveen Real Estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... to see a 30% increase in the maximum value at risk from all physical risks over the next decade. Nuveen and its parent company are signatories to the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and Nuveen is currently reviewing its reporting ...

Christian Super signs Operating Principles for Impact Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... responsAbility Investments, a leading impact asset manager with a focus on SDG-aligned investments in emerging economies. The company manages US$3 billion in assets for private, institutional and public investors through a range of private debt and private ...

Median CEO bonus payout near record high: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... the long term. There are a few companies - Treasury Wine Estates, for example, where you have high performing, where a company has shot the lights out over a two or three year period. But the question mark is, if someone receives max entitlements for ...

Robeco on ESG integration, SDGs and impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... RobecoSAM have developed a framework to assess impact of companies towards achieving the SDGs. The framework is linked to company revenue, Zandbergen said. "What we try to do is look at the positives and negatives, and set KPIs," Zandbergen said. "We ...