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Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Robeco has said that future product launches in Australia will all be linked to sustainability themes. Robeco has launched a new credit fund linked for the Australian market, designed to contribute positively to the United Nations' ...

Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... small as $200 million in market cap up to the largest global MNCs. "One of the reasons we tried to focus on the sustainability area exclusively is the frustration we felt at seeing, within benchmark ESG portfolios, numerous assets that just don't make ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... manager DWS will use an ESG advisory board to provide additional advice on how the fund manager can accelerate sustainability activities as part of its investment activities. Every organisation can get very internally focused, and you need people to ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... the various moving parts right," Higgins said. "By and large, the industry recognises that taking into account sustainability has gone well past being nice to have. Industry led initiatives generally have less friction in acceptance and adoption and ...

Cromwell Property Group sets net zero carbon target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... target of achieving a net zero carbon emission target by 2050. Cromwell has disclosed its target and progress across sustainability metrics in its 2020 sustainability report. The property group acknowledged the impacts of COVID-19 on its operations ...

Downer inks $1.4 billion sustainability-linked debt facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Downer EDI Limited has established a $1.4 billion syndicated sustainability linked loan facility, linked to environmental and social metrics. The new facility will refinance Downer's debt platform and comprises three, four, five and six year tranches. ...

Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Companies in Australia expect an increase in sales as a direct result of efforts to incorporate sustainability in their business, according to a survey from HSBC. According to HSBC's Navigator survey, 84% of Australian companies expect sales growth ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... with companies and government. Steve Waygood, chief responsible investment officer at Aviva Investors, told FS Sustainability that upcoming global events in 2021 - the G7, G20 and COP-26 meetings - should be seen as opportunities to raise these global ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... integrated environmental, social and governance considerations into its investment processes, having launched its first sustainability strategy in 2006. Dimensional set up in Australia in 1994, initially as an Asia Pacific trading office for the US business. ...

The future is now: the future of sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... in this fast-evolving sector of the industry. If this is the first time you've come across this publication, FS Sustainability is a weekly digital publication that reports on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues that affect how investors ...