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Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... thought leadership, and proxy voting," said Cyrus Taraporevala, president and chief executive officer at SSGA. "...Our stewardship group engages with the entire global universe of listed companies and their boards to drive transparency around how they ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... discussions with companies, sent 594 letters and voted on nearly 133,592 proposals at 14,612 meetings, according to its stewardship report. Locally, the report on Dimensional's proxy voting activity shows against resolutions at AGMs regarding remuneration ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... solutions - the low carbon intensity, high transition stocks, and which are the' in between' companies, where stewardship and engagement is going to be critical." Investors need to set 2030 targets to place them on the road to 2050 reductions ...

AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... consultant S&P/Trucost, and has made significant progress in reducing its carbon intensity by 44%, director of ESG and stewardship Andrew Gray said. The super fund's Australian and international share portfolios have emitted 44% less carbon than ...

ESG factors continue to outperform: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... examined. "The headline conclusions remain remarkably similar over a nine month period," said Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of stewardship and sustainable investing at Fidelity International. "That same correlation still exists, and the same linearity exists ...

Waste and recycling legislation to foster circular economy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... a product is added to the Minister's priority list, either the industry must act to implement a voluntary product stewardship scheme or the Minister must act to legislate a regulated scheme. "For me, the biggest areas that need to be talked is what goes ...

Social issues and climate dominate engagement: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... engagement and its voting during the 2020 season through October 2020, noting that during the season, the firm's asset stewardship team had comprehensive engagement with 409 companies and voted on more than 113,595 proposals across 70 countries on behalf ...

Asset owner, engagement organisation in ESG hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is hiring an analyst with responsibility for property and investment stewardship. This new role will assist with management of the team's ESG activities within their investment portfolios and across all ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... increased the number of votes against directors in invested companies, according to its 2020 BlackRock Investment Stewardship (BIS) report. BlackRock's report details their activities over the past year, including noting that there were more than 3,000 ...

Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... decision making." AXA IM has previously said that biodiversity loss is one of its key focus areas for its investment stewardship team.