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Podcast: Career change advice - how to break into ESG and sustainability with Belinda White

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... speaks with Belinda White, who successfully transitioned from a communications background into the world of responsible investing and ESG. She now works company-side at Telix Pharmaceuticals as Director of Investor Relations and ESG. Belinda shares valuable ...

Robeco specialist poached by Northern Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... quantitative strategies head for international clients last November. Baltussen, who was most recently head of equity factor investing and co-head of quantitative fixed income at Robeco, will also direct the firm's growing international quantitative ...

Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... biodiversity-related challenges Ramping up of private investment into climate mitigation, resilience and adaptation Investing in emerging markets. "Investors recognise that policy mechanisms are essential to achieve a climate-resilient, net zero emissions ...

Clarity on sector pathways sparks investor confidence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... country," said Erwin Jackson, managing director of policy. "Australian and global investors are looking for ways to keep investing in renewable energy, green exports, and more efficient industry. "Actionable sector transition pathways can underpin stable ...

ESG moves: S&P, UBS AM, Iress, Climate Energy Finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Management, announced he will exit in October. His future direction is not publicly known. This follows the head of impact investing boss Narina Mnatsakanian leaving in June after just one year. In local news, FS Sustainability ESG Power 50 winner Blaise ...

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... in response to activist pressure, cutting off 87% of their credit lines and loans, according to S&P Global. Passive investing carries a heightened risk of exposure to companies involved in human rights abuses, which can lower financial performance - ...

CareSuper ousts ESG policies in merger

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
CareSuper will drop Spirit Super's emissions targets, impact investing, and exclusions of controversial weapons and fossil fuels. The merger slated for November will create a new CareSuper entity with 573,000 members and $53 billion funds under management. ...

Nothing to fear: Sustainable investing trade-offs

MIRZA BAIG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Sustainable investing, and the supposed trade-offs involved, have been a topic of heated debate. But trade-offs are a fundamental part of all types of investment; the key is to be clear about one's objectives. This paper explains: why all investments ...

Australian Ethical profit up 57% to $18.5m

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... profit after tax to $11.8m. Richard Brandweiner, former CEO of Pendal and BT Investment Management and chair of Impact Investing Australia has been appointed executive director, effective 1 September. The ethical investment manager also recorded positive ...

Indices move beyond carbon tunnel vision

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... integrated into the indices to varying degrees. The new indices "offer investors a more nuanced approach to climate index investing, compared to carbon emissions' focused indices," Robeco indices head Joop Huij said. "Our index construction approach ...