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Social-washing hides lapse in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... the firms 7000-plus clients represent nearly $30 billion in funds under advice. William Hart leads ESG and sustainable investing at the listed firm. He says that to achieve the SDGs, "financial markets and private investment capital is required given ...

Asset owners embrace sustainable investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... owners, FTSE Russell does not believe this will impact the long-term trend of growth and sophistication of sustainable investing. Aligning portfolios with sustainability and climate standards remain a challenge. Still, 74% of asset owners overall consider ...

Aus funds hit by outflows, global gains for passive ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... government regulations and taxonomy guidance coming in." Global picture Hortense Bioy, Morningstar Sustainalytics sustainable investing research head, noted that after starting the year with outflows, money is now "trickling back" globally. In Europe ...

Cbus bolsters ESG integration with new hire

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... strategy and priorities." A former UniSuper manager of governance and sustainability, she has held several sustainable investing advisory roles including with the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative. Williams also led UniSuper's strategy and approach ...

TelstraSuper appoints ESG lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... stationarity strategy adviser at Australia Post and as an environmental analyst at Eurofins. TelstraSuper head of sustainable investing David Humpheys departed the super fund late last year after almost five years in the role. He continues to work in ...

Allspring defends exit from climate group

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... said it will continue to offer a series of climate transition investment strategies alongside a dedicated sustainable investing team.

LGIM, Generation, MUFG to report on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... "To achieve a world which protects nature and preserves a habitable climate we must drive the growth of sustainable investing and expand what capital values. "We believe the TNFD recommendations and nature-related disclosures will help create the enabling ...

ISS ESG tackles modern slavery exposure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... like forced labour, child labour and human trafficking can be difficult to identify in the value chain. The sustainable investing arm of ISS STOXX has now risen to the challenge with a new holistic assessment tool for modern slavery-related risk, disclosure ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... maturing industry," Alembakis commented. Advisors are receiving an uptick in questions from clients around sustainable investing - and greenwashing. In his own professional practice, Nathan Fradley Specialist Financial Advice, Fradley finds the overwhelming ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The sustainable investing space continues to mature, with increasing demand for genuine impact and valuation-based strategies over growth-focused ones, says Nomura UK's sustainable equities portfolio manager. Alex Rowe recently completed his APAC ...