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Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... information, she said. "This is why we have sector specialists" she said. "We determine what information you have in one company versus another company, to piece that all together in a jigsaw. We do contract with some external providers, but we see it ...

ASX200 boards above 30% women in aggregate, but six have none

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Although 30% of ASX200 board seats in aggregate are held by women, research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) show that 100 companies have not reached the 30% target and six companies still have no women on their board. In December ...

Hendrik van Calcar steps down as director of Qantas Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... impact investment risks, returns and reputation. We actively exercise share ownership rights and constructively engage with company boards about material ESG issues" Qantas Super had $8.45 billion in assets under management as of 31 July 2019.

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... The decision to develop a whole of business framework for addressing green development and green finance is part of the company's business strategy, Boyd said. "We've raised a number of loans that in this space," he said. "This is unique in that it's ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 bond, we would be happy to invest. When we ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... were asked as part of the survey which areas of ESG are important commercially for their business, in which areas has the company materially improved in sustainability and ESG practices over the past three years, and which areas is the company seeking ...

Amundi reports increased demand for fixed income ETFs, ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... engagement, which means that we don't exclude, but you're going to reweight the index according to the biz model of the company, and we will attempt to engage to see what they are doing to modify their corporate behaviour." Amundi engages with companies ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... security would cost as little as 1% of global GDP," Porter said. "They also calculated that for every US dollar that a company or gov't invests in things like improving access to water and sanitation, how we manage fresh water, they get US$6.80 in return. ...

Company, investor climate change partnership "essential": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... engaging with Shell, and that has been a very successful engagement. We have had numerous talks on different levels with the company, basically, both at annual meetings, as well as good independent discussions, and the outcome is that we published a ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... based on their ESG performance as captured by 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 ...