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Leading fund manager scales ESG presence in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... an Asian sustainable equity strategy in 2020. At the same time, Robeco also announced plans to scale up existing ESG education and training activities in Singapore. Robeco has launched e-learning modules under Robeco Essentials since October 2018 and ...

Royal Adelaide Hospital locks in $2bn social, green loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... managing director sustainable finance and ESG Charles Davis. "It additionally met the principles as it provides access to education services as the state's largest accredited teaching hospital." A sustainability loan is a type of finance overlay ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Adam Verwey. "Credit and debt aren't bad," Verwey said. "Debt can help pay for essential items, buy a house, pay for education, and even within our impact investing portfolio, we provide debt through microfinance, helping people get out of poverty, or ...

Tracking ESG impact in emerging markets improving: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... further challenge, Ribeiro said. "We can see improvement, but we must also be able to quantify the impact," she said. "Education is a great example - I can look at an education provider and immediately assess the company's impact when servicing the low ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... respond to workplace sexual harassment and setting gender equality targets. "All corporate board directors should undergo education and training on good governance and sexual harassment response and prevention, and it's important that this education ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management augments APAC sustainability team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... the growth of JPMAM's sustainable investing capabilities, including contributing to product development and investor education initiatives. Shimada is currently working for J.P. Morgan Asset Management in London as a EMEA sustainable investing strategist ...

Advisers seek education, clarification on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Advisers identify confidence in their knowledge of the ESG sector as a challenge and seek better education as a key tool, according to new research from Investment Trends. Investment Trends recently surveyed 300 advisers on ESG investing and found that ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... intersection of global secular trend that we're witnessing, around digitalisation of all industries, including healthcare, education, etc., and the need to address climate change but also help to support growing economies," she said. "These all present ...

Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... that are "amenable to investment", which has led them to their specific focus on environment and climate, health and education and social development. He also says that being an impact investor is "an exercise in humility." "Our position as impact investors ...

Investors shifting to net zero targets: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... said Lucian Peppelenbos, Robeco climate strategist. There's a clear demand for more specialised expertise, support and education on climate change, with 44% of respondents globally viewing the lack of data and reporting as the biggest obstacle to implementing ...