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Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... climate change and biodiversity loss. In terms of portfolio positioning, it's important to both maximise the amount of diversity and remove unrewarded risks to position portfolios to be resilient and improve investment outcomes both in the current environment ...

Investing for the day after tomorrow: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... said. "Within the last two years, our universe has grown to the same size as our benchmark, so from an allocation and a diversity of opportunity perspective, it's there. However, the fact remains that we have consistently outperformed for the last 10 ...

Women continue to make strides in ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... "We will continue to target those companies on the ASX who fail to recognise not only the obvious benefits of board diversity, but the risks to reputation and performance for those who lag behind." AICD said there were two companies on ASX 200 with no ...

DWS Group Appoints ESG Advisory Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Haga is previously executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and has expertise in the field of biodiversity and food security. She has also served as member of parliament in Norway ...

Cleanaway publishes first sustainability report after engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... internally, using the common language internally," Farrell said. The report noted that the company has finished its 2017-2020 diversity and inclusion engagement plan and has launched the next diversity and inclusion plan for 2020-2022. Currently, the ...

Class linked to experience of inclusion at work: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... experience more exclusion, discrimination and harassment at work than people from higher classes, according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). DCA recently released Class at Work, a report based on a survey of more than 3,000 workers ...

Social issues and climate dominate engagement: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... "these issues have a material impact not only on your own company, but the economy in general." Social issues such as diversity and inclusion featured in engagements, Colton said, but other issues, and climate risk are still of note as well. Even as ...

Green loans in "nascent" stage: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... New Zealand can be attributed to transparency between issuers and investors and robust certification, as well as the diversity of issuers and product offering," said Stuart Green, group treasurer, Macquarie Group. "We look forward to further innovation ...

Climate, worker rights rise up ESG agenda: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... such as a focus on industry best practice and how to be equipped to deal with the risks to the supply chain." In 2019, diversity was the most critical ESG area of focus for respondents but has dropped to fifth place this year, the report found. However ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Davila calls BlackRock's stewardship an evolution that changes as the concept of best practice evolves. She highlighted diversity and inclusion as an area where BlackRock's engagement and voting practices have changed as well as the issue of climate ...