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Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Mascotto said. "Let's say a company has a lot of exposure to carbon emissions, toxic byproducts, labour concerns, raw material sourcing issues and other issues. The company is looking to reduce its carbon footprint, its toxicity footprint, and do something ...

Thai regulator becomes TCFD suppporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Suwanmongkol, SEC secretary-general. "... [S]uch efforts are fundamental for strengthening business sectors' capability to manage material risks and business opportunities arising from climate change, for example, flood, drought and future governmental ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... intangible assets like conduct and social license to operate combined with the push to a wider stakeholder model of managing material risks and opportunities will continue to be issues of engagement with companies as well as action around AGMs. Q&A with ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... view that all emerging markets and all emerging market companies are deficient in measuring, managing and reporting on material ESG issues can present opportunities for active investors to identify mispriced companies were ESG standards are either strong ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... high yield space. Portfolio managers of high yield credit strategies have told FS Sustainability that integration of material ESG considerations are necessary in credit portfolios because of the asymmetrical risks of the asset class, and the risk of ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Interest in impact investing is quickly increasing, and while strategies are growing across multiple asset classes, fund managers are developing strategies to capture the positive environmental ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... racial and ethnic inequity is a systemic risk that threatens lives, companies, communities, and our economy - and is material to long-term sustainable returns." SSGA contacted global company directors in August of 2020 to advise companies that their ...

Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Small and medium sized ASX listed companies can measure, monitor and report their material environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures through a new technology platform linked to the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s ESG Global Standard Metrics. ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change and renewables, governance, and supply chains are the top 2021 priorities for institutional investors, according to a recent survey from Bank of America. "We expected climate to be important because everything is moving in that direction ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global fund manager DWS will use an ESG advisory board to provide additional advice on how the fund manager can accelerate sustainability activities as part of its investment activities. Every organisation can get very internally focused, and you need ...