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First State Super joins Tobacco Free Finance Pledge Stamp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... not-for-profit Tobacco Free Portfolios and it showcases leading financial organisations that have made a public commitment to sustainable finance and global health by not financing tobacco. Tobacco Free Portfolios was founded by radiation oncologist ...

Government appoints Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... founder, Migration Alliance, Ro Coroneos, senior manager, risk - supply chain, Lendlease Corporation, and Sonya Rand, sustainable development manager, Bunnings are part of the advisory group. Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural ...

OHS, social license to operate identified as infrastructure risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the pandemic - and the fulfilment of social license to operate. Rebecca Myatt, portfolio manager for First Sentier's Sustainable Listed Infrastructure Fund Investors have identified occupational health and safety, business continuity planning and balance ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... that will return to the forefront once the crisis has stabilised, according to AMP Capital. Emily Woodland, head of sustainable investment, AMP Capital AMP Capital noted that there has been a short-term drop in carbon emissions during the pandemic, but ...

U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... reporting resilience in its equities funds in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Georgina Laird, Jon Fernie, U Ethical "Sustainable strategies have held up pretty well, whether it's ethical, ESG or sustainability strategies, but we're talking about a ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The sustainable bond sector has continued to evolve to include issuance of social bonds explicitly linked to COVID-19 impacts. Michael Chen, head of sustainable finance, Westpac Institutional Bank Thus far, supranational, sovereign and agency (SSA) ...

Increased integration of ESG in securities lending: State Street Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... facilitated by securities lending, improves market efficiency; regulation and investor demands are driving the adoption of sustainable investment strategies; lenders are attempting to integrate ESG into their securities lending criteria, but there are ...

Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have established the Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group. The steering group aims to "coordinate the management of climate and environmental risks ...

Advisers discuss new era of advice, ethical considerations: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... trend in that most of the governments around the world have signed on to meet the SDGs, which has led a push towards sustainable finance." Brown also cited the EU Action Plan, noting "we have all these things at play." Regardless of the explicit language ...

Vietnam a source of green infrastructure projects, pipeline: CBI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... infrastructure and waste management, while the sample pipeline covers projects in low carbon transport, renewable energy, sustainable water and waste management. CBI noted that approximately US$31 billion is needed in 2020 to "shift the economy to a ...