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Loomis Sayles names three ESG appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... reporting needs and provide overall ESG data expertise. She will report to Kathleen Bochman, director of ESG. Young previously led the design effort for the internal Loomis Sayles ESG Center and developed a number of ESG primers to help educate employees ...

Green bond boom, but investors look to value proposition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... We've seen significant growth in the sovereign space as well." Recent issuance has come from a wide range of sectors, led by utilities, banks, REITs and technology, JP Morgan noted. "We do think there needs to be an element of verification, whether ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... its' going to be challenged. "It could be for a variety of reasons- it could be because a decarbonisation based strategy has led to increased tracking error, or run into issues around the proposed Your Future Your Super-based performance tests, which ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... also been a "general reduction in the expected returns, particularly for conventional technologies in new markets," which has led managers to evolve their strategies. There is an increasing trend of managers prepared to enter projects during the development ...

Investment consultant creates head of sustainability role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... currently in the process of hiring a head of sustainability to join its team and work with the responsible investment team, led by Tim Conly, head of responsible investment research, said Duncan Smith, principal consultant, JANA. The decision to augment ...

Mars Australia shifts to 100% renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... of RE100. With more than 280 members, RE100 is the world's biggest renewable energy initiative for major corporations. Led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, the initiative encourages companies to switch to 100% renewable electricity. ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... doses of vaccinations and setting up funding programs through bodies such as the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, (COVAX), led by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the World Health Organization, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness ...

Ethical fund manager sets ambitious FUM target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... their adviser provided responsible or ethical investment options. Australian Ethical also noted that feedback from advisers led Australian Ethical to launch its first Separately Managed Account (SMA) portfolio in April 2020 which has since seen returns ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... versus the actions that business and investors are taking on the ground, Collins said. "Most of this is business and industry led," Collins said. "It is led by specific groups setting ambitious targets by a corporate community, and investor groups, whether ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... ASX listed companies, IdeaScale does this with governments and industry across the world with employee, customer and citizen-led crowdsourcing. The pandemic has shaken the world. The global economy is uneasy and geopolitics uncertain. In the aftermath ...