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Australian companies under "extreme pressure" over ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... communities, and the impact of COVID-19 on gender diversity progress, and governance- driving accountability and transparency and the role of the board in connecting ESG with strategy and culture to strengthen alignment and motivate better performance. ...

Janus Henderson launches sustainable ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... putting the global economy under enormous pressure and have very real investment implications. Intentionality and transparency are core attributes of sustainable investing and over many years we have developed a clear framework for integrating sustainable ...

Integrating ESG into securitised asset strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... team at MSIM. "The challenge, or the opportunity of securitisation, really lies in thinking about the availability/transparency and granularity of the underlying loan data," Katugampola said. "Oftentimes, when we look at disclosure on the corporate side ...

ESG, corporate purpose top CEOs' agenda: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Australian CEOs face calls for more ESG reporting and transparency, but admit they struggle to "articulate a compelling ESG story," according to research from KPMG. The KPMG 2021 CEO Outlook, a study of 1,300 CEOs across 12 countries including Australia ...

Advisers integrating positive impact into investment choices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... equities as well - he cited ETFs with ethical or sustainable strategies as an avenue because of their cost structure and transparency on underlying assets. Even if available options aren't a perfect fit, Zbik noted that clients accept that it is ...

Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... combat climate change, according to ISS ESG managing director Max Horster. "What we observed is that despite the transparency conversation in the market, the progress is actually quite disappointing," Horster said. "It's not that all of a sudden ...

Supermarket giant inks $1.3bn sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... four-year SLLs. The SLL "draws a direct line between our sustainability performance and our cost of capital, providing transparency and accountability," the company said, and follows the release of its full sustainability strategy in June 2021. The SLL ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but climate clarity needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia's top companies are still struggling with aligning their business strategies and their disclosures and the transparency and the assurance around that accountability to climate action is still murky." The report also found that governance and ...

Fund manager sets gender diversity target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... to help improve gender balance in investment management, through the introduction of additional accountability and transparency mechanisms to enable organisations to achieve their desired, self-nominated, gender diversity target. "There is no silver ...

ASIC reviewing greenwashing in financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... for evaluating super funds and managed funds products on ESG grounds, and Dunnin noted that the real focus is on transparency, including portfolio holding disclosure. "Rainmaker's focus so far has been on ESG, not on being 'green'," Dunnin said. "In ...