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Australian Retailers Association appoints director of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... also serve as the inaugural Chair of the ARA Sustainability Advisory Committee. Robertson comes to ARA from IAG, where he led projects on responsible sourcing and supply chain governance. Prior to that, he spent 12 years driving the sustainability agenda ...

New CEO search underway for IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... which now represents investors with over $US15 trillion in combined assets under management. In the six years that Herd has led IGCC, the membership base has expanded and IGCC has played a significant role in developing programs including Climate Action ...

Perennial launches boutique ESG business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Future Fund (IMPQ) and will also manage ESG initiatives across the Perennial group. The new boutique investment firm will be led by Damian Cottier, portfolio manager, with Emilie O'Neill as ESG and equities analyst, and George Whiting, who will head ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Asset Management. The standards, definitions and intentions around green bonds have evolved over the past decade from industry-led guidelines such as the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles and the Climate Bonds Initiative ...

BlackRock hires former AMP Capital head to ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... formerly AMP Capital's head of sustainable investment, a role she held from 2018 until last year. In her former role, she led AMP Capital's specialist ESG public markets fund range and investment stewardship efforts, as well as its in-depth research ...

Loomis Sayles names three ESG appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... reporting needs and provide overall ESG data expertise. She will report to Kathleen Bochman, director of ESG. Young previously led the design effort for the internal Loomis Sayles ESG Center and developed a number of ESG primers to help educate employees ...

Green bond boom, but investors look to value proposition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... We've seen significant growth in the sovereign space as well." Recent issuance has come from a wide range of sectors, led by utilities, banks, REITs and technology, JP Morgan noted. "We do think there needs to be an element of verification, whether ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... its' going to be challenged. "It could be for a variety of reasons- it could be because a decarbonisation based strategy has led to increased tracking error, or run into issues around the proposed Your Future Your Super-based performance tests, which ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... also been a "general reduction in the expected returns, particularly for conventional technologies in new markets," which has led managers to evolve their strategies. There is an increasing trend of managers prepared to enter projects during the development ...

Investment consultant creates head of sustainability role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... currently in the process of hiring a head of sustainability to join its team and work with the responsible investment team, led by Tim Conly, head of responsible investment research, said Duncan Smith, principal consultant, JANA. The decision to augment ...