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Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... that isn't necessarily a great thing." Fernie explains that U Ethical's divestment decision at the time was based on engagement with stakeholders on the ground, and notes that the company has taken steps to improve its governance since U Ethical divested. ...

Tracking ESG impact in emerging markets improving: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... but it's still early. A lot of the information and data is still not readily available." This heightens the impact of engagement, Ribeiro said. "That's also where our knowledge of the corporate comes in as well," she explained, "It takes a lot of engagement ...

Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... social and corporate governance will support HESTA to continue its important work." HESTA led recent global investor engagement with Rio Tinto and other mining companies on managing financial risks associated with Indigenous heritage protection following ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
When Fiona Reynolds arrived in London nearly nine years ago to start in her new role as CEO of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), she still had to explain in presentations that ESG wasn't merely a "tree-hugging side issue," ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... markets can be an opportunity not just for leveraging private investment into developing countries, but also for positive engagement with our regional neighbours," said CMI CEO John Connor. "Climate change is a threat multiplier, but climate action and ...

IFM Investors hires responsible investment associate director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... infrastructure investments globally, strengthening its approach to ESG analysis in diversified credit, and continued engagement with listed company boards around risks relating to conditions and fair wages for working people - particularly in the context ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... amount of vanilla/non ESG themed transactions in the domestic bond market, and increasingly the focus on the investor engagement piece is around ESG and sustainability strategy," he said. "Case in point we were marketing a transaction last week for an ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate change, diversity, and systemic inequality topped the engagement list for T. Rowe Price, with the global fund manager pressing for improved disclosure from corporations and asset managers on ESG issues. T. Rowe Price has issued its third ESG ...

Assessing carbon beta risk in portfolios: Platypus Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Beta. Platypus Asset Management views ESG as a driver of investment return or alpha, said Platypus head of ESG and engagement Kristen Le Mesurier, who joined the firm in October 2020 from AMP Capital. As such, they seek to analyse climate change risk ...

Fund manager seeking to expand ESG team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... assisting on a variety of aspects of the Better Futures ESG strategy, including its proprietary scoring mechanism, engagement meetings, client requests and data and research, O'Neill said. Cottier emphasised that augmenting the ESG team is designed ...