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Cultural factors influence ESG approaches: Morgan Stanley Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... invested in," she noted. With the election of President Joe Biden, the environmental agenda has become a focus for investors in North America, while the Middle East and countries with larger Muslim communities will tend to focus on screened investments ...

BlueScope sets net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... FY2020. Operating cash flow for the year, after capital expenditure, was $898 million including investment expenditure on the North Star expansion. The balance sheet finished the half in a strong position with $798 million net cash. BlueScope also announced ...

ESG "the most important thematic for the next 30 years"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... is going to be the story. "We need to get to net zero emissions. We've already seen record floods and heat waves in North America, floods in Europe and Asia. Climate change is happening, and we need to do things very quickly." "It's affecting ...

New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
New Forests has acquired a 63,000 hectare forest as part of a sustainable forest strategy. New Forests acquired the Hilt-Siskiyou Forest, a mixed-conifer forest along the California and Oregon border, from the Fruit Growers Supply Company (FGS) alongside ...

NTAM launches new quantitative low carbon strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Northern Trust Asset Management has launched a quantitative strategy focusing on high quality, low-volatility stocks with a lower carbon footprint. The Quality Low Volatility Low Carbon World (QLV Low Carbon) Strategy is NTAM's latest sustainable investment ...

ASX200 CEO pay drops to lowest levels in more than decade: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The CEO of CSL's pay jumped by more than a third in the 2020 financial year, but overall pay outcomes for ASX200 CEOs fell to their lowest levels in more than a decade. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) published its 20 th edition ...

Extreme weather, human rights intensifying ESG focus: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The impacts of environmental and social crises such as extreme weather events and human rights in the supply chain are intensifying the engagement on ESG topics with companies, according to Janus Henderson. Pointing to current weather crises such as ...

Global fund manager evolving approaches to ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
A global fund manager is continuing its strategic deepening and widening of sustainable investing through the launch of a new proprietary ESG score and the hiring of its first head of sustainable investing and stewardship. Julie Moret, Northern Trust ...

IFM Investors hires responsible investment associate director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
IFM investors has hired Ashley Kopczynski as associate director, responsible investment. Kopczynski comes to IFM from Janus Henderson, where he worked as associate portfolio manager - credit and ESG and as credit analyst. Prior to that, he worked for ...

Elliott Green Power announce two hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... operating portfolio comprises 300MW of solar generation across three assets: Nevertire Solar Farm, located near Warren in north-west New South Wales, Susan River, located in south-east Queensland, and Childers solar farms, also located in south-east ...