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Big money urged to leverage influence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Allianz, and Phoenix Group were named as leaders. These firms stood out in their direct climate policy engagement and stewardship of investee companies' climate lobbying activities. Also named were California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) ...

Green moves: PRI, Scientific Beta, RIAA, CA100+, Australian Unity, Net Zero Economy Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... progression and innovation, leaves after six years. He said on LinkedIn that he enjoyed his role and has worked in policy, stewardship, and progression pathways at PRI. "The work on the latter is near completion so it felt like the right time to hand ...

Greenwash top of mind for Kiwi funds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... preparing the report. Awareness of responsible investing rose from 57% to 70%. Half (51%) of organisations now disclose on stewardship in detail, up from 40% in 2022. Dean Hegarty, who heads up RIAA's Kiwi arm said responsible investing is now seen as ...

Green moves: Fremantle Seaweed, Impact&ble, Emmi, Petuna Aquaculture

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Management co-founder, meanwhile a company cutting methane from cow burps nabs Ethical Partners' former head of stewardship. Altius Asset Management co-founder Bill Bovingdon has been named the first industry fellow at the UNSW Institute for Climate ...

BNPP AM launches Future Forest Fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... finance, strategy and participations at BNPP AM and chairman of IWC. The fund manager said it will only invest in Forest Stewardship Council certified or certifiable forests and provide investors with plug-in data for their greenhouse gas accounting ...

Green moves: Westpac, Care Super, BlackRock, Quinbrook, Ortec, CAA

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... expert Hilkka Komulainen succeeds Anne Foster as the new global head of sustainability and impact. She joins from the stewardship and investment team at Aegon UK, and prior to that worked at Inter Fund Management, EY, the OECD, the UN, and PRI. This ...

World Bank exit policy gets thumbs up from local experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... commented Alison George, Australian Ethical head of impact and ethics. "In a world facing multiple systemic challenges... stewardship does not end with the disposal of an individual investment," George said. Rachel Alembakis, U Ethical Investors stewardship ...

Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... trafficking risks in investee companies across the Asia-Pacific region," said Andrew Gray, AustralianSuper director ESG and stewardship.

Unloved sector poised to reap rewards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... private equity giant Proterra Asia. Amid an escalating global food crisis and the urgency of climate change, the proper stewardship of food is central to drive ESG outcomes and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The sector ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical. On land use, George said combatting deforestation is a core focus of the fund manager's ethical stewardship engagement activity. In March last year, they sold their shares in Lendlease over the group's housing development ...