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HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the Climate Bonds Standard. "As one of the world's largest asset managers, with extensive ESG investment and asset stewardship expertise, we are delighted to join the CBI to further develop its market-building efforts in green finance and sustainable ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... transparent standards, SASB (the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) for ESG scores, and country and regional stewardship codes for the corporate governance score." The R Factor focuses on material impacts across the environmental, social and ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies; divest all assets from oil, gas and coal companies that are not in line with a 1.5C pathway; and bring stewardship activities in line with a 1.5C pathway in a transparent way, including forceful advocacy for a green and just recovery from ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... worked on the fud's ESG roadmap as part of her role. "Our first cab off the rank was aligning the fund to the ACSI stewardship code, which meant making a commitment around transparency and accountability as an asset owner," she said. "We developed an ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... circular economy. "Once the dust settles around hygiene concerns, we will be taking quite a renewed focus on product stewardship, for long term biodiversity considerations," she said. "Once again, this circles back to issues of protecting biodiversity ...

Increased integration of ESG in securities lending: State Street Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... dictating which stocks are lent, setting thresholds for stocks lent and recalling stocks to vote and engage companies on stewardship efforts. There are many approaches that could be added as the discussion around the ESG implications of securities lending ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... better management teams and so should outperform the market, even in a crisis," said Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of stewardship and sustainable investing, Fidelity International. "While some caveats remain, including adjustments for beta, credit quality ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... performance, benchmark, investable universe, sustainability outcomes and engagement and voting practices 6. Active stewards - stewardship practices, such as engagement and voting and the improved outcomes of these practices 7. Organisation has a demonstrated ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... markets, according to fund managers with fundamental qualitative ESG-themed portfolios. Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of stewardship and sustainable investing, Fidelity International. Although managers caution that financial markets are exhibiting extreme ...

UN GCNA appoints Pru Bennett to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... and anti-bribery/corruption." Bennett was managing director at Blackrock and head of the Blackrock group investment stewardship team for the APAC region based in Hong Kong. In this role she led the team responsible for engagement and proxy voting activities. ...