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Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... will aim to reduce emissions by restoring forests and support a transition to regenerative. KitKat will invest in high quality offsetting based on natural climate solutions for any emissions that cannot be eliminated. So even if the chocolate treat isn't ...

Investors integrating ESG into securities lending: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... agreeing to return an equivalent security at the end of the period. Securities lending agreements are indemnified with high quality collateral. Beneficial owners use securities lending programs to generate incremental income to a portfolio, and securities ...

Perennial launches boutique ESG business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... certainly feel that a strategy can offer different things for different investors," Whiting says. "It is an institutional quality product and we are seeing interest from the institutional landscape, but also very fitting to the retail and wholesale markets." ...

State Street launches ESG service for securities lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... agreeing to return an equivalent security at the end of the period. Securities lending agreements are indemnified with high quality collateral. Beneficial owners use securities lending programs to generate incremental income to a portfolio, and securities ...

ASX100 ESG underperformers in global manager's crosshairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... engagement around underperformance, Colton said. "On the climate side, look for us to be more articulate on what we consider quality transition plans, and we will be a lot more explicit on seeking quality disclosure beyond the TCFD report," he said. ...

Rainmaker tracks gender diversity of ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... trillion being 71% of Australia's superannuation APRA-regulated market. Rainmaker assesses the elements of being a quality ESG super fund against five dimensions - governance, or how the fund declares its commitments to ESG principles; investment ...

Rainmaker reveals top performing ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Information has published these findings in its inaugural ESG Superannuation Study. Rainmaker assesses the elements of being a quality ESG super fund against five dimensions - governance, or how the fund declares its commitments to ESG principles; investment ...

AustralianSuper adds sustainable ETFs to platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... AustralianSuper members via the Member Direct option. A third, non-sustainable ETF, the VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF (QUAL), was also put on the platform. "Both superannuation and retail investors want to invest in products which ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
The world's largest fund manager outlined its key engagement priorities for 2021, including board quality and effectiveness, climate and natural capital, and company impacts on people. BlackRock's sustainability engagement priorities are carried out ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... and education company, will see the overall interest rate tied to key sustainability performance targets linked to G8's quality of education and care, and the safety of G8 team members. These will be measured by the ACECQA (The Australian Children's ...