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APRA releases guidance on climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its final prudential practice guide on climate change financial risks. Noting that climate risks extend to all sectors of the economy, APRA noted in Prudential Practice Guide CPG 229 ...

Best ESG super, investment products revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Income Stream High Growth took top place in the best diversified ESG pension product, with MyLife MyPensions - Positive Impact in second and HESTA's Income Stream - Sustainable Growth in third. To find Australia's top-performing super products ...

ESG investing "fastest growing" priority for advisers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... time, there is an expectation that there will be more regulation of ESG products. Zurich in 2020 launched the Healthcare Impact Fund, which is managed by global fund manager American Century Investments. The Zurich Investments Healthcare Impact Fund ...

Perpetual launches active ESG ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... donate a portion of the performance fee from GIVE to charity, with the purpose of providing support and delivering positive impact to the community. IDEA, based on the Perpetual Global Innovation Share Fund, managed by portfolio manager Thomas Rice is ...

Failing to manage ESG a severe risk to business: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... "This is part of the challenge, understanding the breadth and scope of data we're going to need access to tactually measure impact. "That's going to be quite challenging, but it will create opportunities, too, in terms of new orgs, translate and store ...

Companies at risk from modern slavery exposures beyond first tier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... any stakeholder in the market- is expecting companies to move beyond compliance and doing things like making a positive impact."

Beyond the spin - what did COP26 actually deliver?

SIMON O'CONNOR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
FS Sustainability is pleased to present this opinion piece from Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). If there is one thing a UN Climate Change Conference always delivers, it is bucketloads of pledges. ...

Willis Towers Watson names head of sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... result in significant reductions in carbon emissions in the real economy. This means that we need to be able to measure the impact of the advice that we provide and the changes that our clients make to their portfolios; so making significant progress ...

GII launch gender equality impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Global Impact Initiative (GII) has launched an actively managed equity impact investment fund focused on women and girls, available to retail investors. The Global Gender Equality Fund is the world's first, actively managed, impact investment fund ...

Assessing ESG risk, opportunity through the legal lens: Corrs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... considerations for companies. "They're universal and they're indivisible," Wynn-Pope said. "How do we think about how human rights impact in a way that's meaningful and in a way that we can really mitigate against having negative impacts along the way ...