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Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... transatlantic divide in the sustainable investing space given the latest developments." There was no data on Australian or Asia-Pacific markets in the paper. In other areas, Amundi also reported that integration of social criteria has expanded. Whilst ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... put companies that ignore their responsibilities on notice," Mikula-Wright said. "The reach of Climate Action 100+ across Asia will be significantly bolstered by this announcement."

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Zealand Anna Crabb, Head of Strategy and Partnerships, B Lab Australia and New Zealand At the recent Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific, two common challenges emerged: how to simply and efficiently identify companies committed to creating positive ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... operate them, and adopted similar policies for tar sands. QBE and Suncorp announced exit policies this year, while in other Asia Pacific markets, Japanese, Chinese and Korean insurers such as Tokio Marine, SOMPO, Sinosure and Samsung Fire & Marine continue ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing act relating to money coming in and out of Australia from Europe and Asia? Westpac has an entire page dedicated to its positive ratings and recommendations around sustainability perfomance. Even the ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing act relating to money coming in and out of Australia from Europe and Asia. Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer has resigned, Chairman Lindsay Maxsted has announced he will retire from his role early, and risk ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
With material human rights issues rising on the agenda for companies and their investors, non-governmental organisations are flagging sexual harassment in garment factories as a source of risk, both in terms of productivity losses and reputational risks ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... BlueOrchard, and he move will see BlueOrchard leverage existing relationships that Schroders has in Australia and across the Asia Pacific to meet increased interest in impact investing. "From a broader Schroders perspective the two businesses have had ...

LeapFrog Investments names Julia Gillard to leadership council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... levels of financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, digital disruption and government relations - especially in Asia. Their insights and networks will be invaluable as LeapFrog continues to grow dozens of purpose-driven companies that are reshaping ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... positioned compared to global index benchmarks, in terms of slightly less unmanaged risk," said Enrico Colombo, senior associate, Asia-Pacific research, Sustainalytics. "We assess two dimensions - one is companies' absolute exposure to ESG risks, the ...