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FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... range of products and data to support them in reaching their investment decisions. She will also work with FTSE Russell's global research and leadership teams to develop FTSE Russell's Asia Pacific sustainable investment product strategy and expansion. ...

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... developments and upgrades to the existing portfolio. The framework provides overarching criteria and guideline, using the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) ratings. It will guide Frasers Property Australia in how it enters "multiple ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Insight Investment predicts issuance of green bonds could hit close to US$300 billion in 2020, and the global fund manager is continuing its call for increased transparency and a "clear demonstration of positive impact." Josh Kendall, senior ESG analyst ...

Amundi reports increased demand for fixed income ETFs, ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
There is increased global demand for fixed income exchange traded fund (ETFs), as well as demand for fixed income ETFs that integrate ESG into their process, according to global fund manager Amundi. Gaetan Delculee, global head of ETF, indexing and ...

GSSB developing new GRI standard for agriculture and fishing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) is developing a new Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard for the agriculture and fishing sector. The GSSB, the independent body that sets the GRI standards, launched the Sector Program in 2019. ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... funds have been faster than any other BetaShares ETF over this period." ETHI was launched in January 2017 as the first global equities ETF available on the ASX that uses a broad set of ethical eligibility screens. The ETF is based on a basket of 100 ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... business, their employees and the communities in which they operate, and is also intertwined with human rights, according to Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA). Kylie Porter, GCNA executive director GCNA, the local network of the United Nations ...

Company, investor climate change partnership "essential": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies and investors, and between investors themselves, is "essential" to meeting climate change targets, according to global fund manager Robeco. Carola van Lamoen, head of active ownership, Robeco Carola van Lamoen, head of active ownership at Robeco ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors will begin voting against board members of companies that are laggards on ESG performance. Benjamin Colton, head of asset stewardship, Asia Pacific, SSGA CEO Cyrus Taraporevala announced in his annual letter to corporate ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Petersen, CEO of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSD Australia) likened the bushfire crisis to the global financial crisis. "What needs to change is not so much the appetite of the Australian people to be generous, kind ...