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Company, investor climate change partnership "essential": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... to shareholder return, this could lead to divestment and/or exclusion. "If such companies don't improve enough, we will exclude them from the investment universe," she said. "That's especially for companies where we identify a UN Global Compact breach. ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Bosshard said. "Even among those which have taken action, all of them have taken action on new coal. Most of them completely exclude support for new coal, a few have geographic loopholes or transition periods, but as a kind of general principle that's ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... and controversial weapons exclusion was developed around engagement and understanding the issues," Mao said. "We will exclude where we feel necessary and appropriate. When we do exclusions, we don't want to result in a constrained portfolio." The Australia ...

RIAA launches refreshed Certification Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has refreshed its Certification Program, to reflect the maturing market for responsible investment and a focus on best practice. Cassandra Williams, certification and ratings manager, RIAA. The ...

Amundi launches Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Amundi has launched of Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future, a sub fund aiming to provide sustainable returns with a conservative risk profile. Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future has an investment universe designed for diversified investing ...

BlackRock launches unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... adult entertainment and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The fund also has an additional full fossil fuel screen to exclude companies with an industry tie to fossil fuels, in particular reserve ownership, related revenues and power generation ...

Responsible investment a fundamental practice in NZ: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... the mass shootings in Christchurch. The report noted that "NZ Super Fund acted swiftly in the wake of this tragedy to exclude companies involved in the manufacture of civilian automatic and semi-automatic firearms, magazines or parts prohibited under ...

MSCI creates Climate Change Indexes tilted to low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... asset manager performance, and as a "scalable way to engage with companies to improve ESG performance - the Indexes do not exclude securities based on their climate performance, therefore supports long-term engagement with companies," MSCI said.

CFSGAM to divest from tobacco products across portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM)/First State Investments is now excluding manufacturers of cigarettes and tobacco products from its portfolios. "There is no shortage of credible evidence of the wide-reaching harm caused by the tobacco ...

Australian government awards $1.23m to Impact Investment Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has awarded AU$1.23 million to Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) - a global organization driving impact investing - to develop the ecosystem for gender lens investing in Asia. ...