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RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... said. The enhancements include new rigorous standards, strengthened minimum requirements and additional information disclosure. RIAA has certified over 175 products, and the new standards cover eight broad categories: 1. RI Strategies - formal, disclosed ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... the second level (Scope 2) covers indirect GHG emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam. Disclosure occasionally goes even deeper (Scope 3), with a minority of businesses making an informed estimate of indirect emissions that ...

ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The vast majority of Australian and New Zealand companies reporting to CDP have board-level oversight on climate-related issues, but more action is needed, CDP said. Pratima Divgi, director of Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand at ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... O'Connor said. "They're telling us in the polling that there's a lack of independent information, they want greater disclosure on where the money is being invested, and we tried to identify the barriers here as well."

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... (John Hopkins University, Bologna and Washington D.C.). She is also a Yale World Fellow, 2011. "When it comes to ESG disclosure standards, users are recognizing the importance of understanding not just the impact ESG factors have on businesses, but also ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
The Climate Change Authority (CCA) has released its Climate Policy Toolkit for Australia, which includes recommendations for creating investable policies which support the transition to a net zero emissions economy by 2050. Emma Herd, chief executive ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Real estate investor and manager Cromwell Property Group reports that their sustainability strategy is focused on "improving performance through a structured, responsible and balanced pathway to sustained success," in their 2019 sustainability report. ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Companies are increasingly adopting a "profit with purpose" mindset and investors should be aware of relevant environmental, social and governance (ESG) information as part of their investment process, according to global fund manager PGIM. Taimur Hyat ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
J. P. Morgan Asset Management is developing a proprietary environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring framework as part of a range of initiatives to enhance its investment stewardship process. Jennifer Wu, Global head of sustainable investing ...

Governance Institute releases climate change risk disclosure guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... climate change risk. Megan Motto, Governance Institute CEO The Governance Institute has released Climate Change Risk Disclosure - a practical guide to managing climate risk, which outlines the context of evolution on climate risk disclosures and the ...