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Rainmaker tracks gender diversity of ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... implements ESG principles; and performance, or whether the fund achieves its investment objectives and satisfies the Sole Purpose Test. Australian Ethical Investment, CBUS Super, AustralianSuper, HESTA and Aware Super have the highest scores against ...

NAB participates in £300 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... development of the refinancing strategy as well as its structuring and implementation. "Centrus is committed to finance with purpose," said Phil Jenkins, managing director, Centrus Financial. "Therefore, we are thrilled to have worked with Anchor Hanover ...

Rainmaker reveals top performing ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... implements ESG principles; and performance, or whether the fund achieves its investment objectives and satisfies the Sole Purpose Test. Rainmaker took the approach of rating super funds on their ESG-related activities because it's a "pragmatic, evidence-based ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... ESG issues are correlated and interrelated, and companies that out-perform tend to have an articulated strategy around purpose, Davila noted. "COVID did bring out some urgency around the climate issue, but also the natural capital as well, and if you ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... viable compared to the idea of engaging and working with companies." What super funds also have to focus on is defining the purpose behind a target is, which is specific to the fund's objective, Alcock said. "I think each asset owner in terms of ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... has significantly impacted countries such as Brazil, both in terms of grazing and in terms of clearing of forest for the purpose of planting soybeans for feed stock. Robeco has not only engaged with individual companies, but also joined an engagement ...

Investment consultant creates head of sustainability role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability will work with the head of portfolio construction and risk and CIO to develop a framework for integrating purpose into investment strategy and develop and manage a commercial framework for offering consulting services in sustainability ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
The equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations is a human challenge, but it also has implications on investors, companies and operations and supply chains. As rollout of the various vaccinations for COVID-19 begin to happen in countries around ...

Using ESG, ethical screens in multi-asset strategy investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... to commodities such as fossil fuels on ESG grounds. "One of the challenges we have is that although we have this clear purpose on commodities, when it comes to putting in a shorting strategies on commodities like crude oil and heating oil, we are now ...

Australian businesses march on with ESG integration: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... stepped-up pace on an ESG and multi-stakeholder approach, 55% said this was being accomplished by tying ESG goals to their purpose, and 40% are building ESG goals into the transformation agenda. The report links a heightened sense of empathy with action ...