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Heritage Bank enacts environmental, social, governance policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... concept of ESG into our reporting last year with a sustainability statement in our annual report, starting to talk about our impact, our carbon footprint in terms of energy saving," Lock said. "That was a baby step and we wanted to do that and to start ...

Data management presents risk, opportunity: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... national science agency, found that the majority of respondents placed "damage to brand or reputation as the highest potential impact of four consumer data risks," which also included legislative and regulatory change, disruption or failure to innovate ...

BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies at Monash University. "This type of product is contributing to a two-fold impact," Watanabe said. "One, money will be used to fund the issuance of green bonds with proceeds of the issuance going towards ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... and engagement firm Regnan. Alison Ewings, engagement program manager, Regnan Regnan has released its a nnual engagement impact report for the 2020 financial year, outlining its activities over the past 12 months as well as identifying the material issues ...

Christian Super appoints Mark Rider as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... During this time the fund has grown significantly, and has consistently been an industry leader and pioneer in ethical and impact investing. This is reflected in the many global and domestic awards the fund has won for its approach to faith-aligned investing. ...

ESG integration policy brings consistency, innovation: JPMAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... implementing, but then it's the demonstration piece - we should be able to go in there and track exactly what you've done and what impact you've had." The development and implementation of the ESG integration policy will assist in developing new products ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Global investment manager Nuveen has secured US$150 million in commitments for a Global Impact Strategy linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Rekha Unnithan, co-head of private markets impact investing, Nuveen The strategy, which is open ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... is presenting to bonds. Climate change is going to have very real physical impacts on our country and that is going to impact our economy and, in turn, the value of government bonds," O'Donnell told Financial Standard. "I really think the connection ...

UK pension fund to divest half its portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... progress against set benchmarks - incumbent managers will have three years to do so. "We will continue to research the impact of climate change on asset-class risks and returns. This includes running scenario analyses as recommended by the TCFD. In the ...

Aurecon directors appointed to FIDIC Sustainable Development Committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... and brightest minds from across the world," Ryan said. "... A key aim of the committee will be to assess the potential impact of climate change and provide a meaningful forum for consulting engineers to share ideas on how they can enable mitigation ...