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Investing in health and disease prevention is the best cure

MASJA ZANDBERGEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
COVID-19 might have put the spotlight on health, but our investment and active ownership teams have had a focus on health, healthcare and healthy food for some years already. We take the good aspects of it, such as the excellent investment opportunities ...

Investors urge companies to broaden view of modern slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... company and every supply chain is different and what is relevant to the apparel sector is different for the food and beverage sector," she said. "We don't set these out as expectations of what you need to do, we don't want companies to just go for straight ...

Ban on waste export presents risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... 900 million plastic bottles into flake and food grade pellets which will be used as a raw material for making food and beverage packaging. Cleanaway will provide available feedstock through its collection and sorting network. Pact will provide technical ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... increased costs and regulation. "This is a general trend for waste and recycling, and we see it applying to food and beverage companies that need to be able to pay for their own externalities," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "We've often talked about what is ...

ASX200 sustainability disclosures improve, but climate-related data needed: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... for sustainability disclosure were consumer services, with 20% of companies rated "No reporting", retail, and food and beverage and staples, each had 17% of companies rating as "No reporting", and telecommunications, software and services (14%) and media ...

Agriculture, food and beverage pose ESG risks: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Companies in Australia's agriculture and food and beverage sectors may see new growth from increased demand in export markets via the new Australia-China free-trade agreement, but investors need to be mindful of potential risks including food safety ...

Nordea joins Corporate Human Rights Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... listed companies will be benchmarked against those indicators. The companies will cover three industry sectors - food and beverage/agriculture, apparel, and extractives. Nordea is the largest asset manager in the Nordics with EUR184 billion in assets ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... listed companies will be benchmarked against those indicators. The companies will cover three industry sectors - food and beverage/agriculture, apparel, and extractives. The benchmark has been developed by fund managers Aviva Investors and Calvert Investments ...

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark issues draft indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... listed companies will be benchmarked against those indicators. The companies will cover three industry sectors - food and beverage/agriculture, apparel, and extractives. The benchmark has been developed by fund managers Aviva Investors and Calvert Investments ...

AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies in the food and beverage sector are exposed to "relatively high" sustainability risks that overlap and interact, according to a review by AMP Capital. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital The 37 companies that make up the ASX's food ...