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Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... line with Stewart Investors' long-term investment philosophy and its engagement with investment companies around material ESG issues, said David Gait, managing partner, Stewart Investors. "Increasingly, in the areas like packaging, - if you're a company ...

Listed franchise companies facing structural reform risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... according to Credit Suisse. Ed John, ACSI executive manager, governance, engagement and policy Credit Suisse recently issued an ESG report reviewing public submissions to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Franchising "to understand the common areas of contention ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... engineering, upstream fossil fuels, pornography. The SRI screen considers how those companies conduct their business, and that's the ESG side of things. The two screens eliminate around 20-25% of the diversified fund, but the universe is still large ...

Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... according to a report from the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI has launched a new report, Shifting perceptions: ESG, credit risk and ratings - part 2: exploring the disconnects, examining the gaps between investors and CRAs. PRI published ...

Meat and fish producers not managing ESG risks: FAIRR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
The world's biggest meat and fish companies are not managing critical business risks such as greenhouse gas emissions and antibiotics risk, with three Australian companies scoring medium or high risk, according to the FAIRR Protein Producers Index. ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... implementation that's going on now." There is progress still to be made, however. While 64% of boards are actively considering ESG, including an explicit focus on climate risk, a third of trustees are not. Meanwhile, 10 funds identify climate change ...

Hedge funds allocate at least US$59bn to responsible investment: AIMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... Niche to Mainstream: Responsible Investment and Hedge Funds, https://www.aima.org/asset/1C78A41E-33B1-43AD-8CEDB4898F86D83D/ ESG integration was the most popular approach to responsible investment, comprising 37.5% of responses, with negative screening ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... a "core sustainable investing approach," which is sustainably themed, uses positive and negative screening and integrates ESG factors. Earlier this year, the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA), the peak body representing responsible ...

Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... portfolio manager of the Alphininty SSF The Alphinity SSF is a diversified portfolio of Australian stocks that have strong ESG characteristics and, "where possible" contribute towards the advancement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with a benchmark ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... as the public become more attuned to and less tolerant of corporate misconduct." Christensen said that the convergence of ESG and impact investing is being driven by the language and framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) "Every investor ...