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JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... the head of sustainability will "lead the drive to put sustainability at the heart of JANA's research and consulting advice with the intent of becoming a market leader in sustainability," Smith said at the time.

Advisers seek education, clarification on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... "In terms of what sort of assistance they need from service providers that they use to actually be able to provide ESG advice in a meaningful manner, the first thing is education," said Investment Trends head of research Irene Guiamatsia. "Advisers don't ...

AICD presses case for stakeholder role in governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... organisation, or whose actions can impact the operation or business model." In writing the guide, AICD derived insights and advice from customers, employees, suppliers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as activists and community ...

Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... clients value most in their wealth management relationships across service models, engagement choices and value-aligned advice. "Australian clients were relatively consistent with the global statistics in that 76% did have sustainability goals," notes ...

Investment consultant creates head of sustainability role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the head of sustainability will "lead the drive to put sustainability at the heart of JANA's research and consulting advice with the intent of becoming a market leader in sustainability." "If we could identify a particular skill set that we're ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... signed by 133 institutional investors and their representatives with over USD $13 trillion in assets under management or advice. The statement is still open for signature. The statement cited a study by the International Chamber of Commerce Research ...

ESG part of financial sustainability of infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... both worlds. We have the ability to really price that adequately and capture that adequately, and use the other folks for advice." ClearBridge also uses engagement and active management with company management but also with regulators, policymakers and ...

Australia to join climate resilience investment initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... for managing climate risk and accelerating private capital support for climate adaptation measures," Herd said. "Expert advice presented to the Australian Climate Roundtable and the Royal Commission into the National Natural Disaster Arrangements shows ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global fund 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 ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... globally from 13 offices around the world, including two in Australia. Its clients are institutional investors and fee-based advice firms. The fund manager has long integrated environmental, social and governance considerations into its investment processes ...