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The Sustainability Report relaunched as FS Sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... taking into account ESG factors is now a mainstream investment issue for all fund trustee boards, their fiduciaries and the capital markets," said Christopher Page, managing director of Rainmaker Group. Illustrating this, almost two thirds of Australia's ...

Identifying climate change risks in investment analysis

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... write-offs and early retirement of existing assets (e.g. damage to property and assets), increased operating costs, increased capital costs, reduced revenues from lower sales/output, increased insurance premiums and potential for reduced availability ...

ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... environment. A growing volume of evidence shows companies that manage material and non-material ESG issues have a lower cost of capital, demonstrate better financial performance over the long-term and have a better share price. New regulatory requirements ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... company and companies that are founder firms or family controlled. Mascotto compared those companies to the MSCI Human Capital score, which looks at issues like supply chain management, labour management, employee health and safety and other concerns. ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited and Pollination Group Holdings Limited have agreed to create a natural capital manager in a venture to mainstream natural capital as an asset class. HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management "aims to offer investors ...

Microfinance provider Grameen Australia hires Adam Mooney

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... post-COVID future. "Our target groups are people on low incomes with a business idea or a small business, who need working capital and capacity building," Mooney said. "The core target group is women in particular, with a focus on Aboriginal women, migrant ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... neutral developments, the CEFC said. "Working with an industry leader like Charter Hall gives us the opportunity to use our capital to help transform the industrial property sector," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "We can drive sustainability measures ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... their ASX portfolios," Learmonth said. "At the same time, it gives emissions-focused companies access to a greater pool of capital, a powerful incentive to accelerate decarbonisation efforts." Liza McDonald, Head of Responsible Investments at First State ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... arise - environmental risks, workplace risks, product quality. These topics and intangibles more generally, such are human capital, conduct culture, oversight - are all integrated into the broader stakeholder context." Regnan also detailed the ways in ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... discipline dating back to the 1980s. Since then it has invested over US$400 million in direct and indirect private equity capital across over 200 portfolio companies in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.