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Responsible investing pro moves company-side

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... became well known in the field. At First Sentier, White was part of a centralised responsible investment team providing ESG data, responsible investing and stewardship reporting, internal responsible investment education, and collaborative stewardship ...

Prime role for AI in impact decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... the next evolution of investment practice," founder Andrew Huang told FS Sustainability. Huang said that as an "emergent data- and logic-driven investment discipline", targeted environmental impact requires a "systems-based" understanding of social and ...

TelstraSuper pumps more into renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... goal. The Quinbrook fund's investment portfolio consists of utility scale solar farms and battery projects, sustainable data centres and Quinbrook's own supernode battery project and sustainable data centre campus, which it launched in 2022 ...

Instos continue to fund fossil fuel expansion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... alongside 12 partners including Fair Finance International, Climate Safe Pensions, Greenpeace, and Rainforest Action Network. The data comes from institutional investors' holdings of companies on Urgewald's Global Coal Exit List (GCEL) and Global Oil ...

Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... operational energy supply has achieved a 100% renewable energy "match", the e-retail powerhouse announced, including in its "data centres, corporate buildings, and fulfilment centres". Its goal was to reach this target by 2030. Its renewable energy methodology ...

NAB funds DEI workplace research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Education and Research (Jumbunna), the UTS Business School, and the Diversity Council Australia (DCA), are gathering fresh data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' experiences in the workplace. DCA is the peak body for advancing diversity ...

M&A deals ramp up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... line, with more than half (57%) of dealmakers expect to perform ESG checks in most transactions over the next two years. The data comes from professional services firm KPMG's annual global survey of 600 dealmakers globally. The 'ESG Due Diligence' ...

Robeco expands transition strategy with new funds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The international asset manager is following through on its commitment towards sustainability integration and transition finance. Robeco has launched two new funds to advance the sustainable transition, focused on emerging economies in Asia. US$125 ...

Morningstar boosts ESG focus with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Pacific at the London Stock Exchange Group. She was most recently chief commercial officer for Viridios AI, the global carbon data and technology business. Cameron has led sustainable investment community initiatives across the APAC region including ...

Over half of firms created new net zero roles: Deloitte

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Gvalda, told FS Sustainability businesses across the finance industry are creating new ESG roles, especially on the hunt for data and reporting capabilities - and smaller firms are where many jobs are now. "Larger firms have generally been ahead of the ...