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Diversity, human rights, climate change lead agenda: ASI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Diversity and inclusion, human rights and climate change continue to be issues of engagement for Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI). In addition to joining the 40:40 Vision campaign, ASI has also developed its own diversity and inclusion expectation ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... State Street's ESG analytics platform, such as water and waste management, labour practices, employee diversity and inclusion, business model resilience, and business ethics, among other indicators. "We designed the system with flexible reporting in ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... invested companies, one global fund manager speaks to the steps it is taking to enhance their approach to diversity and inclusion. Neuberger Berman, the US$405 billion investment manager headquartered in the US, with offices in Australia, recently announced ...

Australian businesses march on with ESG integration: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... the obligations of their executives, as well as executive pay, in most instances. In the area of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, 42% are planning to improve pay equity analytics in 2021. Companies, however, must get beyond metrics and analytics and ...

Perennial sustainable small cap fund shows double-digit returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... strategies reflect that fact. Cottier also noted that Perennial has also begun engaging ahead of AGM season on diversity and inclusion in small to mid-cap companies, contacting companies to flag concerns on level of board and management diversity ahead ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Investment manager Neuberger Berman has joined an initiative to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the private equity industry. By signing on to the Institutional Limited Partners Association's (ILPA) Diversity in Action Initiative, Neuberger ...

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 ...