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Magnis appoints Global Impact Initiative founder to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... and CEO Giles Gunesekera has joined the board of lithium-ion battery company Magnis Energy Technologies. Gunesekera joins ASX-listed Magnis as an independent non-executive director. The company cited his "unique blend of leadership and business skills ...

ESG adds performance boost to equity funds: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Applying ESG techniques to equity strategies can enhance performance, but the performance premium differs between domestic Australian versus international equities, according to research from Rainmaker Information. In the latest Wholesale Advantage ...

Envirosuite hires CFO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Whispir, he founded and led CFO Effect, a specialist firm providing CFO skills and finance transformation capability to global ASX-listed companies requiring that executive knowledge and specialisation including PayGroup Limited and Tesserent Limited. ...

Deep engagement to follow SSGA CEO letter to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) will conduct deep engagements with ASX-listed companies on enhanced disclosure of climate transition plans and diversity issues in line with its annual letter to portfolio companies on key ESG issues for 2022. Last ...

Munro Partners, GSFM launch climate ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Munro Partners and GSFM have launched a climate change leaders active ETF. The Munro Climate Change Leaders Fund, with ASX ticker MCCL, invests primarily in a concentrated long only portfolio of companies focused on decarbonisation and climate change ...

Resolution Capital nab MSCI ESG exec for analyst role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Resolution Capital has hired an ESG analyst from MSCI. Morgan Ellis has joined the specialist global listed real assets investment manager from MSCI, where he was vice president, ESG research. Ellis has extensive investment research experience specialising ...

ASX companies in SSGA's sights over climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has informed ASX-listed companies that they expect companies to make climate-related disclosures in line with the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework, or face votes against directors. ...

Proxy advisers assess impacts of government reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... of date." Paatsch pointed out that there is no onus on companies to uniformly and publicly provide contact details to the ASX or via annual reporting, which will complicate how proxy advisory reports are provided. He also pointed out that the new regulations ...

2021 theme in review: human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Pillar Two, to explore the state of modern slavery statements, looking beyond the first tier of suppliers and the key risks for ASX-listed companies as they begin to prepare their next round of modern slavery statements in the new year. Randal identified ...

What you read in 2021

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... said. ESG ETFs You were also interested in the burgeoning space of ESG-related ETFs, with Clean energy-based ETF to list on ASX in the top five most read articles. VanEck launched the Vectors Global Clean Energy ETF (ASX: CLNE) in March. CLNE track the ...