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BetaShares launches currency-hedged version of ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
ETF manager BetaShares has launched a currency-hedged version of its ASX-listed sustainability ETF. Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares BetaShares created the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: HETH). "Currency ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Globally, the number of environmental and social metrics linked to short-term and long-term compensation plans has increased, with ASX-listed companies linking executive compensation to climate-related activities. Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia and ...

ESG ETP assets under management triple in last three years: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... sectors and industries - alcohol, gambling, tobacco cluster munitions - tobacco and cluster munitions aren't relevant to the ASX, of course. In terms of fossil fuels, we applied a revenue threshold to companies with exposure to fossil fuels and we've ...

KPMG outlines focus on gender diversity in ASX201-300 company boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... However, only 22% of ASX201-300 directorships are held by women, according to the KPMG report Building Gender Diversity on ASX 300 Boards: Seven Learnings from the ASX 200. "The ASX top 50 are really influential in this data - they're dragging up the ...

Climate change and public health cannot be viewed in isolation: UNGCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... a net zero carbon economy," Porter said. GCNA brings together signatories to the UN Global Compact, including more than 30 ASX 100 companies and other major corporates, non-profits and universities, to advance corporate sustainability and the private ...

Future Super measures environmental impact of portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Super's investments fell through the early part of the COVID pandemic response, their losses were smaller than the broader ASX - Future Super notes that between the peak of the ASX on 20th February and the 12th March, the ASX 200 dropped by 25.9%. Over ...

Australian companies below global peers on reporting, targets: Refinitiv

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Australian companies are "well below their global peers" in reporting and setting targets on carbon emissions, waste and water reductions, according to Refinitiv. Jamie Coombs, performance director - Asia, Refinitiv Refinitiv has released Financing ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... during 2019, which is really great to see." ETHI was launched in January 2017 as the first global equities ETF available on the ASX that uses a broad set of ethical eligibility screens. The ETF is based on a basket of 100 large global stocks from developed ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... corporate boards that they will "take appropriate voting action" against board members at companies in the S&P 500, FTSE 350, ASX 100, TOPIX 100, DAC 30, and CAC 40 indices, based on their ESG performance as captured by the R-Factor scoring system. State ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... at least 30 September 2020. But this should not signal to companies that these issues are not priorities - APRA, ASIC and ASX have issued guidance on regulatory relief on the COVID-19 front, but relief focuses on earnings guidance, capital raising and ...