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Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
There is increasing concern that the impacts of COVID-19 will exacerbate conditions causing modern slavery in supply chains, opening up investor and business risk as well as questions about compliance with Modern Slavery Act reporting. Earlier this ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... funds should be allocated towards projects that build sustainable economic growth, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI). Dan Lashof, director, WRI United States WRI is a global research organisation that studies means to develop sustainable ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Australian small and mid-cap listed companies listed governance, diversity, safety and equality as their top three material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, as well as areas of future improvement, according to a survey conducted by ...

Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
Fund manager Amundi has identified a performance divergence between Eurozone and North American equity portfolios that integrate ESG criteria. Amundi recently analysed data from January 2018 to June 2019 to analyse the performance of 1,700 companies ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
BlackRock has joined Climate Action 100+, the global investor initiative that engages with the world's largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters on action on climate change. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Alternative stock exchange the Sydney Stock Exchange (SSX) has announced Michael Go as its new CEO, as well as its first two listing applications. Michael Go, CEO, Sydney Stock Exchange SSX will focus on smaller growth companies and is integrating environmental ...

Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
This week, Exxon was cleared over charges it had misled shareholders over the cost of climate change, but a legal expert cautioned that directors should not interpret too much from the decision. Sarah Barker, head of climate risk governance at Minter ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Willis Towers Watson Australia has launched its first Australian-domiciled fund, the Australia Global Equity Focus Fund (GEFF), a multi-manager fund that integrates GEFF is able to incorporate ESG and sustainable principles. Stuart Gray, portfolio manager ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has launched its 2030 ESG strategy for its real estate business, addressing climate change, waste, biodiversity, social impact, accessibility and supply chain sustainability. Chris Nunn, head of sustainability, real estate, at AMP Capital ...

Sustainable practices can yield sustainable profits: Calvert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Companies that have sustainability practices with strategic differences to peers are associated with higher rates of return on capital, according to a paper from Calvert Research and Management. Anne B. Matusewicz, CAIA, responsible investment strategy ...