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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... manager for Perennial Value Management's Perennial Smaller Companies Sustainable Future Trust, pointed to the resilient nature of the balance sheet at companies with founder-leadership. "On the balance sheet point, first, most founder-led companies ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... including the GRI standards that companies can adopt for sustainability reporting," Subramaniam said. "However, the voluntary nature of reporting and the lack of a systematic approach to linking business goals with the SDGs results in little to no consistency ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... wealth funds, pension fund and insurers. Sustainable investment in natural capital provides exposure to projects focused on nature including sustainable forestry, regenerative and sustainable agriculture, water supply, blue carbon (carbon captured by ...

Climate, modern slavery areas of engagement: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... impacts, and we think both of these areas play into governance. This is why we like the SDGs - it captures the interrelated nature and the targets that companies need to be working towards. There will be material areas for each company, and we will be ...

GCNA urges government to focus on sustainability in COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... coherent policies that are aligned to the context of net zero carbon emissions, a healthier earth in terms of managing nature and also looking after the wellbeing of humans." The 17 SDGs are an internationally agreed framework for urgent action to achieve ...

BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Watanabe said. BNP Paribas chose the Australia as the test country for this product because of the unique challenges of the nature of the ASX composition and the challenge of the Australian economy, Watanabe said. "We said, let's focus on Australia," ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... July that they would include carbon transition metrics in remuneration structures such as long term bonuses. The precise nature of the linkage will be disclosed in the remuneration report prior to the 2020 AGM. Governance experts questioned the utility ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... hands around the data and having concrete data and analytics to analyse that is the challenge," Robson said. "The private nature of real estate means there is less data available generally. This is a good example of where you can bring concrete and robust ...

Global stimulus an opportunity for sustainable investment: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the pandemic. There need not be a trade-off between environmental progress and social aims, Cooper added. The size and nature of the stimulus package has caused Ninety One to revise the long term models underpinning the Ninety One Global Environment ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The collaborative nature of industry superannuation funds is a "competitive advantage" that funds should foster, particularly in the environmental, social and governance sphere, according to Skye King, manager, investment governance and legal at NGS ...