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Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Paris-aligned NZAOA is convened by United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and Principles for Responsible Investment, and is supported by World Wide Fund for Nature and Global Optimism. In 2023, 69 members with US$8.4 trillion in AUM ...

Australia the guinea pig for PRI sovereign engagement pilot

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... organisations to the initiative. The program announced in September last year is facilitated by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). 25 entities with US$8 trillion I (AUD $12.2 trillion) in assets under management (AUM) will collaborate on ...

Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... representing US$120 trillion in assets under management have now signed on to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). Institutional investors are well placed to implement ESG factors across asset classes. They encompass a diverse ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... role. This comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) announce new chairs. Tan has received multiple promotions since he started at the firm in 2007 after leaving a corporate ...

APRA strengthens super fund ESG responsibilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... emphasis on stewardship and important role stewardship in the prudent management of assets. The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) also welcomed APRA's updated guidance. "PRI welcomes today's update to SPG530, which among other things ...

Transition Pathway Initiative appoints new chairs as founder steps down

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... incorporated and will continue as an advisor to the board. He is also a former board member of the Principles for Responsible Investment, and until recently was on the board of the International Centre for Pensions Management. At USS, he led ESG related ...

Treasury seeks feedback on mandatory climate-related financial disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... phased approach. These submissions were considered in the updated approach. Additionally, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) called for an independent Australian sustainability ...

Global development banks release joint principles towards Paris alignment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... to Special Funds since becoming a member. Margarita Pirovska director of policy at the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) welcomed the commitment and said it was a positive development. "At this critical juncture, we are not yet on track ...

Qualitas names Fiona Reynolds to ESG advisory board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Qualitas has named former Principles for Responsible Investment head Fiona Reynolds as chair of their new ESG advisory group. Reynolds, who was chief executive of PRI from 2012-2021 and is currently Chair of the UN Global Compact Network Australia. ...

IFM hires ESG exec from Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Principles for Responsible Investment and UNEP Finance Initiative.