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J.P. Morgan Asset Management augments APAC sustainability team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has named Tomomi Shimada as lead APAC sustainable investing strategist. Shimada will be based in Hong Kong and will report to Jennifer Wu, global head of sustainable investing. She will lead region-wide commercial efforts ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
HSBC and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Australia have partnered to identify projects to leads towards the issuance of blue impact bonds and other assets. Blue Impact Bonds for Nature will be funded by an US$800,000 grant from HSBC. TNC Australia will ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Australian companies will face heightened scrutiny from stakeholders and are still managing the impacts of the Hayne Royal Commission on best practice in corporate governance, according to new research. EquitiesFirst, an asset-backed lending firm, in ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Shareholder votes against management at Chevron and ExxonMobil and a ruling by a Dutch court against Royal Dutch Shell intensifies the focus on the oil and gas industry, but experts say all Australian company directors should heed advice when it comes ...

ASX companies join 40:40 Vision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Ten ASX-listed companies have committed to achieving gender balance in their senior leadership as part of the 40:40 Vision initiative. ANZ, BHP, BlueScope, Domino's, IGO, Ramsay Health Care, SkyCity, South32, Tabcorp and Webjet have signed up to the ...

JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Investment consulting firm JANA has hired Rachel Halpern as its first head of sustainability. Rachel Halpern joins JANA from Westpac Group, where she was executive manager for risk. She has had an established advisory career covering risk and commercial ...

Singapore Stock Exchange to launch carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is developing a carbon exchange and marketplace with an aim to launch by the end of 2021. SGX, in conjunction with DBS, Standard Chartered and Temasek, are developing Climate Impact X (CIX), aimed at providing entities with ...

SGX-listed companies improving sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Small cap companies listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) have made the largest improvement in their sustainability reporting and disclosure in 2020, with all listed companies showing improvement overall. The average overall sustainability disclosure ...

Net zero: How to separate truth from marketing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Net zero commitments are rapidly becoming the new normal among companies and investors, but it takes some digging to work out which commitments are backed by real plans and which are just talk. As reported by Financial Standard from the Conference of ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Neuberger Berman has announced the final close of a private equity impact fund that raised $280 million from investors, including Australian superannuation funds. The NB Private Equity Impact Fund invests in direct and fund investments that seek to ...