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Client demand pushing action on ESG conversation: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... during the forthcoming Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Australia 2021 conference, on May 7. FS Sustainability is the media partner for the event. Alexandra Brown, founder of Invest with Ethics, recommends that advisers take a "proactive" ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Timed to commemorate Earth Day 2021, FS Sustainability has received a plethora of announcements and commitments from investors, businesses and beloved consumer goods pledging action on climate change. To name and annotate each organisation making a ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... factors, including the various inclusions and exclusions that would go towards shaping this option," Lill told FS Sustainability. "Extrapolating on the screens of the Equities portfolio, Rest then went on to develop strict ESG criteria for any assets ...

State Street launches ESG service for securities lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... world, is a natural and logical combination and one that supports institutional investors' ESG goals." Last year, FS Sustainability reported that a coalition of fund managers organised under the aegis of the International Securities Lending Association ...

Wholesale managed funds continue strong performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... companies that accord with the fund manager's ethical charter. Portfolio manager Andy Gracey previously told FS Sustainability the fund is overweight in companies associated with the healthcare and IT sectors, which have performed strongly in 2020 ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... can't have true inclusion and diversity without first establishing an equitable culture," the firm told FS Sustainability. "Equity is meeting people where they are. We want to bring the culture of equity in every area, as a foundation of how we think ...

Hiring culturally diverse women improves organisational leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... women of diverse cultural background and her experiences at a presentation at the CFO Summit 2021 in Sydney. FS Sustainability was a media partner at the event. "Organisations have to encourage females to apply for senior roles, because yes, there are ...

Calculating the social cost of carbon: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Dimensional Fund Advisors. Joseph Chi, head of responsible investment at Dimensional Fund Advisors, spoke to FS Sustainability about a metric called the social cost of carbon (SCC), which is a metric that estimates the cost of the future damage caused ...

Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... strategy in the UK and Europe in the second half of calendar 2021. An Australian product launch is to be confirmed, FS Sustainability understands. "The appointment of Bertrand Lecourt and Saurabh Sharma demonstrates our ability to attract superior talent ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... housing provider Evolve and real estate agency Echo. Evolve is a specialist in the social housing space, Webb told FS Sustainability the fund will apply its impact measurement framework to the affordable housing developments. "We do measure the impact ...