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Seeking financial, positive impact in SME investments: Beckon Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... that business has to be sustainable, and it has to contribute positively to communities, We look to reduce negative externalities, basically, and increase positive externalities which enhances the value and resilience of a business." Moffitt and his ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... investment platform, but the Advisory Board's job is to question it, challenge it, and advise on it. This may include externalities that may be taken into account, but the ultimate investment policy is set by our CIO and his global investment committee." ...

First State Super joins global call for SDG focus to post-COVID recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... incorporate sustainable development considerations into their decision-making: and advancing internalisation of key externalities to "accelerate private and public sector collaboration to develop and approve models that price-in carbon emissions and ...

Human rights, ethical sourcing driving ESG considerations in Asia: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... waste. This presents an opportunity for recycling companies, but it also means other companies need to pay more for externalities going forward." The consideration of plastic waste is a general trend for 2020, rather than something that applies to just ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... shorting based on ESG data is part of the toolset. ESG data often augments analysis because they cover unpriced externalities, Slater said. "If you treat your staff well, if you don't damage the environment, you're going to do better, in general," he ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... profit organisations because they are talking to people on the ground who are affected by environmental or social externalities. That's where you first learn of a brewing issue, very often first from NGOs. The investment community will say the NGOs have ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Development Goals (SDGs), "companies, governments and investors alike want to understand both the positive and negative externalities inherent in companies' business models and how their products, services and operations contribute to, or detract from ...

Engagement a tool for investment stewardship: RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... think about corporate engagement, we can see opportunities... where social welfare orgs are seeing some of these externalities that companies are contributing to, and are expressing concerns to us as owners of those companies - why are you investing ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... the report states that sustainable supply chain issues can no longer be ignored, wither because of the impacts of externalities, and impacts on local communities and workforce, and the environment in which they operate. EY and the UN Global Compact interviewed ...

Urgent need for social impact metrics development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... it is that it functions at the expense of environment and the expense of society because it doesn't account for externalities. There is no accounting for the impact to society of having carers. What is the social impact of having people with disabilities ...