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Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... benchmark are incredibly helpful, because what they do is they give us a common language," said Neuberger Berman global head of ESG and impact investing Jonathan Bailey. "We found that having these frameworks really helps get people to a common baseline. ...

How investors manage risk in a new AI world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... intellectual property, data privacy and security, discrimination, product liability, trust, and identity. Emma Pringle, head of ESG and portfolio manager at Maple-Brown Abbott, considers this groundwork pivotal in guiding investors through the intricacies ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... returns for socially responsible growth options have either matched or exceeded those of general growth funds. Chant West found ESG options for funds earned 9.2% over the year to June 30, and 6.7% and 7.6% over five- and 10-year timelines respectively. ...

Standard Chartered Bank gets first head of social sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... complement our expertise in climate-focused sustainability and represents the evolution of environment, social and governance (ESG) factors as discrete but complementary areas of focus important to our stakeholders across our footprint markets," Drew ...

Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Active Super had holdings in Russian securities, which remained in place as at 30 June 2023," the regulator said. ASIC alleges ESG misrepresentations were made on Active Super's website, disclosure documents and on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. ...

S&P Global drops ESG letter ratings from credit reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
S&P Global Ratings has stopped providing new ESG scores when evaluating credit in an abrupt about-face. Effective immediately, the company announced it is no longer publishing new ESG credit indicators in our reports or updating outstanding ESG credit ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) support the Voice. ESG and social impact Companies that support the Voice do so because with ESG increasingly at front of mind, both investors ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... investments by the end of this decade. The multinational investment bank and financial services company has released its latest ESG report stating that US$700 billion has been designated for financing, out of which more than US$550 billion is specifically ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... multiple promotions since he started at the firm in 2007 after leaving a corporate finance role at Norton Rose Fulbright. The ESG expert is being promoted out of his current role as global head of stewardship and sustainable investing, based in Singapore. ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... securities in the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund (Hedged) (Fund) were screened against certain ESG criteria." ASIC said investments in the fund were based on the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Exclusions Float ...