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Pathzero appoints chief sustainability officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... journey, giving them the tools to take action to comply with the global emissions reporting standards while upholding fiduciary duty and improving their brand image," he said.

Missouri pulls BlackRock mandate in anti-ESG move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... for Missouri state employees who rely on the assets managed by MOSERS for their retirement," Fitzpatrick said. "Fiduciary duty must remain the top priority for investment managers-a duty some of them have abdicated in favor of forcing a left wing social ...

Investors call for 75% emissions reduction by 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... solutions across the economy * Climate change is a systematic threat and opportunity, IGCC said. "As part of our fiduciary duty, we're setting net zero targets, and advocating for the policies that will underpin efficient investment in climate solutions," ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... give ensuring governance standards comply with good practice as a motivation, while 60% say it is a part of their fiduciary duty as investors with a longer-term perspective, and 57% see it as part of maximising shareholder value in investee companies. ...

From the courtroom to the boardroom: climate change risks and remedies

LOUISE CAMENZULI, JULIA GREEN, SANDY MAK  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... withdrawal of capital. For company directors, individual liability under the Corporations Act 2001 for breach of fiduciary duty is also a very real risk.

Investors assess ESG landscape, client needs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Singh noted that advisers are grappling with responding to client demand for ESG products while balancing out their fiduciary duty to produce best returns, and that there can be a trade-off to manage. Singh took the example of greenhouse gas emissions ...

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... and losers in a net-zero world. "This is important for insurers and pension funds because in our mind they have a fiduciary duty to their policy holders or members to deliver s something that's sustainable in the long term, they have a fundamental ...

Government reforms aim for increased super transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... "We don't want it to be prescriptive... Trustees already have a higher responsibility; they already have a fiduciary duty. This just frames that duty as acting in the best financial interests of members, not just the best interests of members." Responsible ...

Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... it is otherwise appropriate, which gives funds room to move. The proposed new rule makes it clear that a fund's fiduciary duty is to focus "solely" on economic criteria, requiring any ESG considerations to fit with, and be documented as part of, an objective ...

Carbon emissions need to peak "as soon as possible": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... impact strategy and responsible investments. "As an industry, we are moving away from the narrow definition of fiduciary duty - a transition that we at AXA IM firmly support," Christensen said. "The next decade will be defined by our ability as an investment ...