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Global sustainable, responsible, impact assets hit $22tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... responsible investment strategies through financial markets, highlighting particularly Japan's implementation of its Stewardship Code. "I do think that there's still the regulatory side in Australia, where we're really behind other markets,"O'Connor ...

AIST appoints Eva Scheerlinck as acting chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... as acting CEO. Eva Scheerlinck, acting CEO, AIST Scheerlinck is currently AIST's executive manager, governance and stewardship, a role she has held since 2010. She will commence in her new role as acting CEO on March 10, 2017, when current CEO Tom Garcia ...

Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... The Framework focuses on four key themes for industry disclosure: Animal Welfare, Economic Resilience, Environmental Stewardship, and People & the Community. Wide consultation has occurred with public comment now being sought. Of these criteria, given ...

Sustainalytics to augment Sydney office, launch Tokyo office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... because of the quick and strong moves by the Japanese government, regulators and investment community to implement a Stewardship Code and Corporate Governance code, as well as significant moves by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) to embrace ...

Engagement a tool for investment stewardship: RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan, the Global Asset Owners Fund, to aid the GPIF in its obligations under the Japanese Stewardship Code. "I get the fact that you're great at engagement," Jantzi said. "You use a lot of wonderful tools, my only argument ...

IGCC, investors outline climate risks, expectations for automotive sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... changing policies and shifts in demand caused by global trends," said Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt, Co-Head of Hermes EOS, the stewardship team of Hermes Investment Management. "Established automotive companies are highly exposed to competition from new entrants ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Asia lag in the amount and quality of their disclosures, according to the Asia Pacific head of Blackrock's Investment Stewardship team. Pru Bennett, head of BlackRock's Investment Stewardship team for the Asia Pacific Region, BlackRock Pru Bennett, head ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Berrutti,head of responsible investment Asia Pacific, CFSGAM CFSGAM has published its ninth annual responsible investment and stewardship report,which details the ways in which the firm and its individual investment management teams calculate environmental ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... and Japan, you have a push by legislators to make corporations and investors more responsible." Lim cited Japan's Stewardship Code and Corporate Governance Code as two developments strongly influencing ESG integration in that country. "Japanese companies ...

ACSI, TIAA-CREF engage on "show of hands" AGM voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... their economic stake and that each share of common stock should have one vote," said Bess Joffe, TIAA-CREF's head of stewardship and corporate governance. "This is especially important to institutional investors who hold significant shareholdings on ...