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Industry coalition organises Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... KBC Asset Management, NN Investment Partners and PGGM. PSSL is organised around eight core principles - alignment, transparency, tax voting, collateral, short selling, stakeholder involvement, and innovation. "PSSL is the council's first attempt of offering ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... uses for investment decisions, the spokesperson said, pointing to "factors like lack of standardisation, lack of transparency in ESG reporting, limitations of third-party ESG data providers" as limitations to overall ESG integration. JPMAM's infrastructure ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... such as thermal coal producers; launching new investment products that screen fossil fuels" as well as increasing transparency. Furthermore there is an increase in consumer demand for ESG funds. Super money is flowing out of default funds and into ESG ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... bonds could hit close to US$300 billion in 2020, and the global fund manager is continuing its call for increased transparency and a "clear demonstration of positive impact." Josh Kendall, senior ESG analyst, Insight Investment Adding to other expert ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... ethical sourcing before engaging with suppliers", and "continually reviewing supplier contracts to ensure maximum transparency from suppliers in respect to working conditions, safety of materials and environmental impacts of materials were the three ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... SASB's transparent methodology as well as its development by both investors and companies as reasons for its utility. "Transparency is absolutely key," Colton said. "SASB focuses on financially material ESG issues, and the growth rate of companies reporting ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... been leading efforts to drive more meaningful corporate disclosure. GRI's new Tax Standard marks an evolution in tax transparency and provides a much-needed and ambitious framework for corporate tax reporting." GRI estimates of the scale of tax avoidance ...

Cromwell Property Group on value of sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... chief sustainability officer. "The ratings agencies and the proxy advisers are looking at things like our increasing transparency and disclosure, where we got a GRESB A rating score, which rates us more efficiently, which sees our ratings go up, which ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... because they're more sustainable, but it could be driven by the act that they're more transparent, and that transparency is the result of more laws and regulations. "...Once you want to start using the ESG scores, you'll have to take out ...

First State Super on Climate Action 100+, engagement, and fund strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Climate Action 100+ list to provide additional clarity around shorter-term and medium-term targets, as well as more transparency around scenarios chosen by companies and how they are using the results of modelling exercises. Under the structure of the ...