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Green job moves: ACSI, Edge, Investa

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Australia's sunny shores and super fund prowess beckon a London-based ESG pro, as other sustainability whizzes switch roles. After nine years, Michael Hamblett has been snatched from Columbia Threadneedle Investments EMEA APAC, a global financial services ...

CommBank exits fossil fuels as rivals fund Santos

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... legally permit. It will engage with borrowers to ensure they provide credible transition plans that align with the bank's ESG criteria. Last week, the bank posted a $9.48 billion net profit after tax for 2023-24. "CommBank has shown what's possible," ...

S&P Global gains top sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... services." The former U Ethical Investors' ethics and impact manager earlier worked for S&P competitor MSCI becoming its first ESG consultant in Asia Pacific. So when a similar job came up at the firm known for its rating agency business and stock ...

NorthStar Impact analyst joins TCorp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... that helps the NSW state government financing and investment arm to more deeply integrate climate risk, decarbonisation and ESG insights into its total portfolio management approach to investing. This article first appeared in Industry Moves.

Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... face a global financial disaster as early as next year, risk researchers warn. Bert Kramer is head of climate research and ESG solutions at risk management firm Ortec Finance. He cautions that the upcoming revision of nationally determined contributions ...

Super fund moves: Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Mine Super and Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... professional. Asai also did a spell with the Principles for Responsible Investment. "As an asset owner, we view stewardship and ESG factors and their impacts on our investments as an important element of our responsibility to our members," Bradshaw said. ...

Australian Ethical scores gold, others fall off charts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Stark differences in ESG fund performance in FY24 reflect markedly contrasting portfolio strategies - but might add fuel to the anti-ESG fire, Rainmaker warns. Australian Ethical and Nationwide Super topped the Rainmaker Information ESG league tables ...

Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... contraventions admitted by Mercer are serious. They arose from failures by Mercer to implement adequate systems to ensure that ESG claims in relation to its superannuation products were accurate, and to monitor and enforce the application of any sustainability ...

Pension fund dumps ESG benchmark for passive investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), one of the largest managers of retirement savings in the world, has dumped the ESG index it had been using for its passive investments in previous years. In March, the fund said it has decided to change its ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... push forward an initiative we know will benefit economies around the world," said Stephen Liberatore, head of public markets ESG/Impact fixed income investment team at Nuveen, when it signed on as part of the global steering committee. Gender lens investments ...