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Danish pension fund completes US$520m divestment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... several years ago, but ENI remained as an eligible investment while the fund tried to influence management via active ownership. "However, after a meeting with ENI this spring, it was clear that fossil fuel expansion and exploration remain a central ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... $76 billion in assets under management globally, laid out four priority areas for its responsible investing and active ownership as it prepares its proxy voting responses. The superfund now recognises the financial risks posed by climate change and its ...

Australian Ethical crowned most sustainable

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable outcomes. Asset managers were evaluated on three key pillars: philosophy and process, resources, and active ownership. Almost half - 44.44% - received a score of basic. These included Australian firms AMP Capital, Ausbil Investment Management ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... professionals evaluated the ways in which investors and companies use engagement, benchmarking reports and other tools of active ownership to set and evaluate climate-related targets. FS Sustainability is the media partner to the conference. Climate ...

Climate Action 100+ ramps up corporate activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... more ways for investors to be agents of change. "The goal is ultimately to inspire a global scale-up in terms of active ownership, which to a certain degree is starting to happen already," Proudlove said. "It essentially provides goals and opportunities ...

Robeco defines key business sustainability impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... human rights, Robeco uses collaborative bodies as well as individual engagements as different tools in their active ownership strategies. "Some of the companies that we are engaging with are difficult to engage with on social rights," she said. "If we ...

Climate engagement escalation vital to responsible investing: Aviva Investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... engagement is crucial to solving the climate crisis, with Aviva Investors identifying nearly 400 instances where their active ownership helped drive positive changes in corporate behaviour. Aviva Investors has released its Responsible Investment Review ...

IFM hires ESG exec from Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... to contribute to IFM's sustainable investment policies and initiatives, particularly the stewardship and active ownership program across listed equities." At the beginning of 2022, IFM was one of three Australia investors singled out for showing ...

HESTA ups the ante on AGL, Santos on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... an accelerated transition and a more rapid reduction in emissions," Blakey said. "HESTA is committed to using active ownership with emissions-intensive companies to help drive down emissions in the portfolio and manage climate risk." In 2021, HESTA introduced ...

VFMC hires ex-BHP ESG head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... VFMC's investment stewardship policy, their investment stewardship approach focuses on four key areas of work: active ownership, ESG integration, undertaking major ESG projects, and collaboration. "The field of investment stewardship is broad and encompasses ...