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Australia "woefully unprepared": Australian Climate Roundtable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Financial Regulators. "To ensure macroeconomic and financial stability risks are minimised, climate change must remain a core priority for the Council of Financial Regulators," the group said in its recommendation. "They should develop rules and guidance ...

Northern Trust expands ESG Insights risk analytics suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Northern Trust is expanding its environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposure analytics capabilities to include new reporting for key environmental data categories, including carbon footprinting. Serge Boccassini, product lead, Investment ...

Microfinance provider Grameen Australia hires Adam Mooney

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... low incomes with a business idea or a small business, who need working capital and capacity building," Mooney said. "The core target group is women in particular, with a focus on Aboriginal women, migrant owners that have been negatively impacted by ...

Aurecon directors appointed to FIDIC Sustainable Development Committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... infrastructure assets that are truly sustainable in the broadest possible way." The committee will work in line with FIDIC's core principles of quality, integrity and sustainability and work towards better infrastructure while creating positive impact ...

ESG integration "crucial" to credit investments: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Kopczynski said. "Engagement is extremely important from the credit process, because having an opinion on management is one of the core pillars of the investment process, and one of the best ways of forming an opinion of management is by meeting them ...

Local Government Super certified carbon neutral by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... includes all LGS employees, the Sydney head office, and the fund's seven regional offices. "Sustainability has always been a core value for LGS and becoming carbon neutral underlines our long-standing commitment to reducing emissions and contributing ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Middle East and Asia Pacific regions, focussing on concentrated portfolios of listed infrastructure securities that exhibit core infrastructure characteristics. The team has extensive infrastructure and asset management experience, including the co-founders ...

Integrating ethics goes beyond ESG screens: Nucleus Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Wealth's offering is based on a basket of 1600 international stocks, with 70 from Australia. "We think of ourselves as a core fund, which is why we're called Nucleus," Klassen said. "We only do government bonds, cash, large cap Australian equities and ...

First State Super joins global call for SDG focus to post-COVID recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... statement outlined future action for members including urging the broader business sector to better integrate the SDGs into core business models; scaling up sustainable investments globally, "especially to countries and areas most in need"; aligning ...

Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... of our stakeholder lens, we're constantly thinking not only about the bottom line, but the various measures and at their core, what drives them as a culture and their organisational processes." Lazard is analysing the way companies manage stakeholder ...