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BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... increased the number of votes against directors in invested companies, according to its 2020 BlackRock Investment Stewardship (BIS) report. BlackRock's report details their activities over the past year, including noting that there were more than 3,000 ...

Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... decision making." AXA IM has previously said that biodiversity loss is one of its key focus areas for its investment stewardship team.

Chronos Sustainability appoints Arisa Kishigami

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... profile environmental social and governance (ESG) investment indices and ratings and client engagement programmes on stewardship and ESG integration. Kishigami writes regularly on global ESG issues and is also a principal facilitator between Japan and ...

Responsible investment AUM grows, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... holdings disclosure is 36% now. That's low on a global basis." Of those 165 investment managers, 70% report on stewardship activities, but only 21% "can really talk about the activities and the outcomes in terms of really comprehensive stewardship," ...

U Ethical hires two to investments team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... and look forward to working with U Ethical's investment team, key stakeholders and industry peers to advance active stewardship that creates shared value through tangible social and environmental outcomes." At U Ethical, Luchhese will take ownership ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... but it is not a neat one for one correlation, said Guillaume Mascotto, vice president, head of ESG and investment stewardship for American Century Investments. Mascotto said that American Century Investments does research companies with controlling shareholders ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... that means carbon, biodiversity, and water credits, and we'll be doing that." The joint venture will also provide stewardship and evaluation of the investments, enabling investors to quantitatively measure impact. "One of the plans is to develop ...

CFA Institute developing disclosure standards for ESG products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... positive, measurable social or environmental impact alongside a financial return. 6. Proxy voting, Engagement and Stewardship: Uses rights and position of ownership to influence issuers' or companies' activities or behaviors. CFA Societies Australia ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... is changing, and the action is changing, in that as we have demonstrated in the report, 66% of our clients require stewardship capabilities in terms of policy and track records as part of the selection of managers." DWS takes a "critical/constructive" ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... equivalent index over the financial year; -2.6% for the ESG Equities index, versus -2.5% for the overall index. "ESG stewardship is all about rethinking long-run risks and preparing for them," Dunnin noted. "While all trustees should be thinking this ...