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HESTA to move to net zero carbon emissions in portfolio by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... investment in opportunities arising from the low-carbon transition; pursue real-world economy change through engaging with material holdings and managers to address medium-term transition risks and opportunities; and align HESTA's investment portfolio ...

First Sentier Investors launch Modern Slavery Toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
First Sentier Investors has launched a Modern Slavery Toolkit designed to assist their investment teams to identify, address and report on instances of Modern Slavery risk in their operations and investments. Kate Turner, responsible investment specialist ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... ex-Australia Index, subject to delivering climate and ESG objectives," SSGA said. "This is our most innovative fund yet from a material ESG scoring perspective," Wallace said. "This is where the R-Factor comes in - scoring companies based on material ...

EdTech sector shows investment, impact opportunities: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... these technologies is tremendously impactful for low income students." The implications for cheaper access to educational material is strong for developing markets as well, Gifford said. "Beyond that, not only is this highly interactive, video based ...

GRI to update three Universal Standards, seeks public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... organisations can use as well. The updates to the three Universal Standards include "a more focused approach to identifying material topics, based on the organisation's most significant impacts; updated content covering responsible business conduct and ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... exhibit best performance in their industries from a carbon emission perspective. Both ETFs screen out companies with material exposure to fossil fuel, gambling, tobacco, armaments, uranium/nuclear energy, destruction of valuable environments, animal ...

Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... to measure what matters," she said. "he way we do that consistently across the fund by identifying what are the most material issues." Lazard supports companies reporting via the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) guidelines and the Taskforce ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors has launched a climate-aware fund of international equities. Nathalie Wallace, global head ESG investment strategy. State Street Global Advisors The State Street Climate ESG International Equity Fund "seeks to achieve capital ...

Accounting bodies develop guidelines for disclosing to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the International Framework and the GRI standards to enhance "identification of material sustainable development risks and opportunities relevant to long term value creation for organisations and society." ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Assurance Standards Board "issued joint guidance stating that climate change-related assumptions have the potential to be a material accounting estimation variable, impacting on asset useful lives, fair valuation, impairments and provisions for bad and ...