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AXA IM releases engagement data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... and corporate governance were the biggest areas of focus for the leading global asset manager, which ramped up its engagement activities by 14% on the previous year. AXA Investment Managers, with €844 billion AUM, made 681 engagements with 503 entities ...

Podcast: Timber talks - Cultivating natural capital with Sarah Clawson

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... prioritising ESG principles. We discuss sustainable landscape management, carbon credits integrity, and First Nations engagement policy and philosophy. Sarah just completed a trip to New Forest's newly opened office in Africa; she discusses the firm's ...

Younger members drive demand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... overall," said Chun. About 75% of the super fund's assets are managed in-house. "That means we have a very active engagement model with companies that we invest in." For example, the fund holds board seats in many of the private companies it invests ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Australian Conservation Foundation also sees the value of working with investment managers and super funds. "We see the engagement that the financial sector is doing with companies as extremely important and impactful. We're all part of this big ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... will make it painfully clear which companies deliver real value and which ones destroy it. The intensity of active engagement in the past 20 years will be dwarfed by what will happen in the next six years, said Stewart. For example, in 2004, Aware Super ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... destruction of Juukan Gorge in 2020 in the Western Pilbara was a flash point in awareness of First Nations heritage and engagement issues in Australia. In May 2020 two ancient rock shelters on the traditional lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... concerns, provides case studies, outlines methodologies for understanding risks, and details strategies for investor engagement. Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner at Australian Government presented the framework at RIAA's 2024 conference in Sydney ...

Podcast: Advancing First Nations outcomes with Phil Usher

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... foundation is also equipping professionals with the cultural tools they need to ensure they safeguard respect and effective engagement through this process.

New framework for investors to navigate AI released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... RAI. Finally, step three is a deep dive with more than 40 filterable questions to facilitate detailed analysis and engagement with company management on AI implementation and RAI practices. Alphinity head of ESG and sustainability Jessica Cairns said ...

Proxy voting targets DEI and pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... nominations in the past 12 months, due to concerns over diversity. With more than $1.5 trillion AUM, the firm says director engagement is the most effective way to assess DEI and advocate for progress. Paulson said: "How companies approach diversity ...