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Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... action we can take as active owners." In addition to climate change, Aviva Investors has also identified diversity and inclusion in their engagement priorities in 2021. "The issue of ethnic diversity is not a new topic. It did gain greater prominence ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... we've gotten used to sticking to the theory over time," she said. "We recognise that diversity can't exist without inclusion (otherwise it's just tokenism) and improving the diversity of the people who walk in the door is only part of the ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... above-average profitability," Taraporevala said in the letter. "Likewise, companies that promote workforce diversity and inclusion through transparent hiring, promotion, and wage practices have seen improved productivity, revenues, and market share ...

CSC partners with Osmosis IM on sustainable strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... objectively data driven portfolio construction process, but that the firm is constantly analysing new sources of data for inclusion in the future. Standardisation of waste data is also uniquely researched by Osmosis. Where peers consider waste that is ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... or neutrally to the related SDG goals and targets. Companies that detract from the SDG targets are not eligible for inclusion in the SDG-specific strategy, Keller noted, so that a corporate bond portfolio can be constructed that makes a positive contribution ...

First Sentier Investor hires IR director for direct infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... member of the CFA Diversity Committee. Kabashima said she is pleased to be joining a funds management firm that values inclusion and diversity. "I'm attracted to First Sentier Investors' commitment to responsible investment, in addition to the ...

Cleanaway publishes first sustainability report after engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... common language internally," Farrell said. The report noted that the company has finished its 2017-2020 diversity and inclusion engagement plan and has launched the next diversity and inclusion plan for 2020-2022. Currently, the company has 25% female ...

Class linked to experience of inclusion at work: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... than any other diversity demographic that DCA reports on, "is the most strongly linked to workers' experience of inclusion at work and one of the most strongly linked to exclusion." The research reveals challenges in exclusion faced by people who ...

ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... exclude a company exposed to significant ESG-related reputational risk or controversy, if the committee considers that its inclusion would be inconsistent with ETHI's responsible investment principles. "ETHI's methodology gives ethical investors ...

Social issues and climate dominate engagement: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... have a material impact not only on your own company, but the economy in general." Social issues such as diversity and inclusion featured in engagements, Colton said, but other issues, and climate risk are still of note as well. Even as companies are ...