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BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... intensity today, insufficient preparation for the net zero transition and low reception to BlackRock's investment stewardship engagement. Where companies are not progressing on those risks, BlackRock will vote against management in index portfolio-held ...

Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... eliminating waste and generating renewable output, American Century said. Guillaume Mascotto, head of ESG and investment stewardship at American Century. "The entire global value chain needs to be rethought and constructed to become more of a closed ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... issuance of bonds linked to COVID-19 responses, which Joshua Kendall, head of responsible investment research and stewardship at Insight Investment, believes will continue this year. "It's still likely the case that we will see a similar level of issuance ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... listed companies, outlining the fund manager's proxy voting agenda for 2021, and the fund manager's ongoing stewardship work. SSGA has identified lack of racial, ethnic and cognitive diversity as a business risk for companies, and has asked companies ...

T. Rowe Price joins Responsible Investment Association Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Hall, head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand of T. Rowe Price. "As part of our firmwide commitment to stewardship practices, T. Rowe Price is actively involved in a number of industry associations and initiatives relating to responsible investment ...

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 ...