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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 ...

ESG investment professional salaries revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... "Candidates want to work for the right firm as well," McGilton said. "Money is important, but it has to be aligned to a purpose." However, McGilton noted that the pipeline of development towards the senior roles in ESG is tight, meaning that there are ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... say this is CAF, and CAF is different to the union, your owner is involved, and you have to demonstrate that you serve a purpose. "Based on their feedback, that's where you start to build the lines of trust. CAF can't get out there every day. ...

Sustainability important to future of SME sector: Australia Post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... how do we reuse and recycle and design out waste in our processes?" SMEs also report that they are working to balance purpose with profit, the survey found. This is not in competition to pursuit of profit as part of financial sustainability, the report ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Fink's letter also noted that stakeholder connections drive returns, meaning that the more that a company can link its purpose and strategy to delivering value to stakeholders - customers, employees and communities - the more it will produce long-term ...

Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
The transition towards a global circular economy will be a key ESG issue in 2021, according to American Century Investments. Companies must rethink resource consumption, energy usage and manufacturing processes with an aim toward eliminating waste and ...