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ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... has been really encouraging is just to see how much activity has really been spurred on in part by the roadmap and the diversity of organisations that are picking up the roadmap recommendations and running with them and using them as license to drive ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... risks. These include climate change, sustainability and long-term growth. Also on the agenda are cultural change, broader diversity, innovation and better stakeholder engagement. "Corporate governance is a driver of value creation," Kent said. "It's ...

ASX companies join 40:40 Vision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... investors and companies. As investors, we share a common goal with companies of improving long-term performance and gender diversity is an important part of that." According to the Chief Executive Women ASX200 Senior Executive Census 2020, in 2020, 25 ...

War, vice and climate: assessing investors ethical stands

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... to avoid investing in those companies linked to poor human rights practices. Nucleus Wealth recently added a gender diversity screen for clients, Klassen said. "We added a diversity screen to screen out boards that didn't have enough women on them," ...

Property fund inks multi-billion dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... energy usage, water conservation and reuse, waste reduction and other resource efficiency, while social will be tied to diversity and inclusion and community initiatives, and governance KPIs will be tied to supply chain initiatives. "The key one that's ...

Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... like to consolidate have yet to choose a sole provider. One deciding factor in wealth manager selection is a firm's diversity and inclusion (D&I) practices, with 57% of Australian respondents seeing D&I efforts as important when evaluating a wealth ...

ASX100 ESG underperformers in global manager's crosshairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... vote." SSGA has also identified human capital management as a material engagement going forward. This covers issue of diversity and inclusion, occupational health and safety, employee engagement and other issues. "We think there is going to be a plethora ...

Rainmaker tracks gender diversity of ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Investment, CBUS Super, AustralianSuper, HESTA and Aware Super have the highest scores against a range of factors including diversity, ESG reporting, portfolio holdings disclosure, the investor groups or affiliations it belongs to, the use of positive ...

NAB participates in £300 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... and the first sustainability linked loan in the UK housing association sector to include a metric targeting workforce diversity. Anchor Hanover's performance against the targets will be overseen by its board and performance-related data will be measured ...

Rainmaker reveals top performing ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Investment, CBUS Super, AustralianSuper, HESTA and Aware Super have the highest scores against a range of factors including diversity, ESG reporting, portfolio holdings disclosure, the investor groups or affiliations it belongs to, the use of positive ...