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The 50 most influential ESG corporate professionals in Australia named

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The 50 most influential environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) professionals working at ASX-listed companies have been named by trade publication FS Sustainability in the 2024 ESG Power50 guide. Running for the second year, the ESG Power50 ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... fund performance over the past three years has been driven by the "growth bias rather than necessarily the sustainable [or] ESG approach in itself". More than half (50-60%) of the outperformance in 2020 and the underperformance in 2021/22 of article ...

Podcast: ESG jobs in 2024 - Salaries, career tips and more with Simon Gvalda

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, we hear from Simon Gvalda, manager of the ESG and Responsible Investment Recruitment team at Kaizen Recruitment, which recently released its much-awaited salary guide for ESG roles in 2024. Join senior journalist ...

ESG managed accounts hit $16 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... reached a milestone in growth of its managed accounts, as funds under administration increased by 31% to $16 billion, and new ESG options were added. This calendar year the platform has launched new products including those managed by Vanguard, Watershed ...

Fund selection risk a material issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... risk and a substantial disparity in performance when choosing sustainable investment strategies, especially when it comes to ESG exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The difference in annualised returns between ESG funds can be as high as 6.5% over a six-year ...

AXA IM releases engagement data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... made 681 engagements with 503 entities in 2023, mainly in Europe and North America. The reported €480 bn AUM classified as ESG, sustainable or impact funds at the end of December 2023. 200 of the total engagements were conducted either at board or ...

Podcast: Timber talks - Cultivating natural capital with Sarah Clawson

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Rose Mary Petrass and explore forestry investment, as well as best practice approach to generating returns while prioritising ESG principles. We discuss sustainable landscape management, carbon credits integrity, and First Nations engagement policy and ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... they need to examine their investment portfolios through too many lenses - return, risk, peers, regulatory benchmarks, and ESG. Moreover, 33% of those surveyed feel there is too much focus on the short-term - and the long-term maximum benefit may not ...

Younger members drive demand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... members aged between 20 and 25 leading the charge. In general, their fund members across all age groups are more engaged with ESG issues than fund members of an average industry fund. "With our members, ESG ranks number two on importance versus for most ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... that not-for-profit organisations like ACF adds value by being able to commit 100% of their resources into the 'E' in ESG data collection. "We understand the constraints on asset managers who are working across hundreds, if not thousands, of ...