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Weighing climate risk in corporate bonds: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... practices, but are making the commitment to change." Identifying those opportunities comes with fundamental analysis and engagement as well as investing in green bonds and social bonds, Kendall noted. Insight has recently launched an impact strategy. ...

Super funds react to Rio report into bullying, sexism, racism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... identified." "Identifying and acknowledging these issues is of course a critical step towards addressing them, and the engagement of major investors on ESG issues has been one of the catalysts for companies to start fully appreciating the importance ...

HESTA's former head of impact launches consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... head of strategy. "In 2022, we're growing our responsible investment team as we continue to develop our direct engagement program in collaboration with our internal Australian equities team," HESTA said. "The general manager of responsible investment ...

American Century outlines 2022 sustainability priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Climate change, digitalisation, healthcare, empowerment and diversity issues, and the circular economy are key engagement issues in 2022 for fund manager American Century Investments. In developing the long-term ESG themes that will impact on economies ...

Robeco outlines four themes for 2022 engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Robeco has added an additional 12 carbon-intensive companies to a focused engagement aimed at lifting their transition to net zero outcomes. Robeco has established its engagement themes for 2022, with a strong focus on "protecting ...

Magnis appoints Global Impact Initiative founder to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... leadership. Magnis noted that GII is recognised as a UN LEAD Company, which means it is recognised as having "high levels of engagement as a participant of the United Nations Global Compact," according to the UN Global Compact. GII recently launched ...

PGIM creates global head of ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... aspects of PGIM Fixed Income's ESG approach, including the development of the firm's ESG Impact ratings methodology, ESG engagement activities, and tracking ESG-related market and regulatory developments. De Vienne most recently worked alongside Ploeg ...

Stakeholder capitalism key to long-term returns: Fink

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... BlackRock is launching a Centre for Stakeholder Capitalism to further explore the relationship between stakeholder engagement and shareholder value.

Deep engagement to follow SSGA CEO letter to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... corporate culture considerations such as employee satisfaction, said SSGA global head of asset stewardship- voting and engagement Benjamin Colton. "If employees are seeing an all-male board, it could be demoralising for the culture," he said. "Conversely ...

Australian funds highlighted for climate action plans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... zero emissions economy by 2050 or sooner. The ladder calls for actions within the four areas - investment, corporate engagement, policy advocacy, and investor disclosure, with governance as a cross-cutting theme across all areas. "You can see there are ...