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Victorian social housing commitment potential opportunity for impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia stood at $19.9 billion, with $2.2 billion invested in real assets such as housing. Experts have told FS Sustainability that there are barriers to scaling up investment in social and affordable housing, including, but not limited to, the need ...

Investing for the day after tomorrow: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... associated with corruption or doing business with oppressive regimes. "More and more companies are shifting in the sustainability direction," Seery said. "If you're concerned that you're not going to have diversity of investment, that's a concern now ...

DWS Group Appoints ESG Advisory Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... and exchange with clients, regulators and stakeholders," Wohrmann said. "It is also clear that our definition of sustainability encompasses more than just climate action; it includes topics of good corporate governance and social justice. However, tackling ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... transition," she said. "The short term is a different matter. Short term, the acceleration of support for ESG and sustainability needs to be watched closely as this has driven up prices of 'green' assets and could be creating short term opportunities ...

Companies pledge 100% renewable energy by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... 2025. "BINGO is committed to decarbonisation in alignment with the Paris Agreement," said Nik Comito, BINGO's group sustainability manager. "We understand that as a growing organisation we have a responsibility to set a target and associated roadmap ...

Investing in the low-carbon transition: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... for easier accomplishments. "The problem is, people are not ready to necessarily appropriately calibrate those sustainability targets, so in some ways it's a great opportunity for CEOs to earn remuneration from easy targets," she said. "We need to ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... to forecast potential outcomes of the presidential, Senate and House elections. Like many around the world, FS Sustainability has published this week without knowing the result of the US presidential election. The vote count as of publication seemed ...

BetaShares to launch ethical diversified ETFs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... and GBND has $90 million in AUM currently, Vynokur said. BetaShares also recently launched the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: HETH). HETH provides access to a portfolio of large global companies that meet strict ...

ESG factors continue to outperform: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... proprietary ESG ratings performed better than their peers. The results supported their view that a company's focus on sustainability is fundamentally indicative of its board and management quality. Fidelity has now broadened the timeframe and re-tested ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... an 'action gap' between the familiarity of sustainable products and uptake. When it comes to corporate sustainability, 55% of participants incorporate sustainability into the operations of their management companies, but no respondents tied sustainability ...