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Women continue to make strides in ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Ten more ASX200 companies have reached the target of having 30% of their board positions filled by women, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Currently, women hold 32.1% of ASX300 board positions, an increase of 2 percent ...

DWS Group Appoints ESG Advisory Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... that sustainable management and sustainable investment can unfold together," Kell said. "The work of this very diverse and high-calibre ESG Advisory Board, in close cooperation with the entire DWS Executive Board, will be characterized by concrete and ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... current portfolios' emissions intensity and capacity to transition to net zero by understanding which are the grey - high intensity, low transition stocks, which are at the other end are the green solutions - the low carbon intensity, high transition ...

Companies pledge 100% renewable energy by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Woolworths Group has become the latest Australian company to pledge to power its entire operations with renewable electricity by 2025. Woolworths has joined the global RE100 initiative. It will build on its network of rooftop solar panels installed ...

Investing in the low-carbon transition: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... to link executive remuneration to decarbonisation targets. Cooper noted that there is a risk that targets are not set at a high enough stretch level, meaning that executives would be remunerated for easier accomplishments. "The problem is, people are ...

Understanding Impact Investment

MATTHEW TOMINC  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Over the past two years, the domestic market for impact investing has tripled from A$5.7 billion to a staggering A$19.9 billion as investors increase their focus on the sector, and investment managers respond by developing new strategies. Once a niche ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... that it will be one of the big influences on investment conditions in the next 12 months," Lacaille said. Lacaille said that high quality equities and staples are expected to do better, while sectors such as healthcare, which have contributed heavily ...

BetaShares to launch ethical diversified ETFs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... ETF will change its name to BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF, with management costs of 0.29% p.a. BetaShares Diversified High Growth ETF (ASX: DHHF), which currently has a multi-asset portfolio with a target asset allocation of 90% growth assets ...

ESG factors continue to outperform: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... that in the 36 days between 19 Feb and 26 March, the S&P 500 fell 26.9%. Meanwhile, the price of a share in companies with a high (A or B) Fidelity ESG rating dropped less than that on average, while those rated C to E fell more than the benchmark. A-rated ...

Cleanaway publishes first sustainability report after engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... committed to align with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reporting framework in 2019, and provided high level disclosure on the recommendations. "That is one of those areas where we have to do a lot more work," Farrell said. ...