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Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Nearly a quarter of institutional investors globally say climate change is at the centre of their investment policy, with more than half saying it is a significant factor, according to research from Robeco. Robeco has issued its global climate survey ...

BetaShares appoints director of responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... leadership. Liddell comes to BetaShares from Suncorp, where he developed and implemented Suncorp's first Responsible Investment Policy and was heavily involved in the development of the firm's first Climate Change Action Plan and Modern Slavery Statement. ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... investing sector, with one VC firm announcing a second impact fund while a second VC firm announces a responsible investment policy. Giant Leap, which pioneered the first impact VC fund in Australia in 2018, has announced the close of Giant Leap Fund ...

Investors shifting to net zero targets: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... 300 large global investors, with respondents saying that climate change is already a significant factor in the investment policy of 73% of investors surveyed. While the number of investors that have already set a net zero target is relatively small (17%) ...

Using ESG, ethical screens in multi-asset strategy investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... with other investment teams and this is where we got to." The integration of First Sentier's responsible investment policy happens through both negative screening and engagement with companies within the portfolio, said Heath Palos, portfolio manager. ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... will interact with the ESG Advisory Board and may, for example, say that this is what we intend to do from an investment policy point of view," Kuijpers said. "The policy has to be set by the investment platform, but the Advisory Board's job is to ...

UK pension fund to divest half its portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... thermal coal, oil sands and arctic drilling. NEST, home to more than nine million members, has introduced a new investment policy aimed at achieving net-zero status by 2050 or earlier. It expects carbon emissions in its portfolio will have halved by ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... rather to improve disclosure particularly by superannuation funds that have made sustainability or responsible investment policy commitments, Gocher said. "If every fund was supporting 100% of proposals, that would be weird," Gocher said. "We don't expect ...

MSCI creates Climate Change Indexes tilted to low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... companies with carbon intensive products than the underlying index, MSCI said. The indexes can be used as an investment policy benchmark, as an underlying index for passive products such as ETFs, as a benchmark for asset manager performance, and as a ...

Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... European Union has had a policy known as " Trade for Al l," subtitled "Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy", and has integrated sustainable development into FTAs with other countries, including Canada, Central America, Colombia, Peru ...