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Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... turn the balance towards Democratic candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden and away from re-electing President Donald Trump, but the ultimate vote tally has not been finalised as of publication. As of publication, the Republican Party looked on track ...

Northern Trust outlines social, environmental challenges to road ahead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... inequality, how it's hampering economic growth, how it's the force behind impactful political changes such as the Brexit vote, Trump's 2016 victory, etc." "The more we thought about it, and the more we realised that it's not just about a change in the ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... overall," but that conclusion may be revised in light of the current economic crisis impacted by the health pandemic. After the Trump administration signed into law legislative package of tax cuts, including cuts to the corporate tax rate in 2017, there ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Core Civic and GEO Group, two companies at the heart of an organised grassroots campaign against US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention, have been flagged for controversies under MSCI 's ESG ratings system. For the US grassroots groups ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
A coalition of more than 80 US-based grassroots organisations are protesting US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention through a campaign targeting banks JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo for providing debt financing for two for-profit ...

BHP Billiton to maintain membership in US Chamber of Commerce

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... director, ACCR. "The US Chamber of Commerce is known as the worst of the worst, rank client deniers, and they campaigned for the Trump Administration to leave the Paris Agreement, and we consider that it is not in shareholder interests, no matter how ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... fill a gap in the market with appropriate products. In this environment, however, there is a high risk that greenwash could trump integrity of approach when it comes to labelling impact investment products. This poses a problem for the trustees who are ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) called the decision "disheartening." "The decision by the Trump administration to withdraw from the Paris Agreement is out of step with community expectations that governments will ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Administration spoke of being in a defensive mode in protecting the changes that arose during the Obama administration, as the Trump administration tries to unwind them. "On the issues of governance, we're in a defensive mode there as well," Lind said. ...

Vigeo Eiris upgrades three US companies on human rights criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... positive alert and upgraded three American companies for their decision to take legal action against US President Donald Trump's executive order banning people from seven countries from entering the United States. Vigeo Eiris has upgraded the scores ...