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Credit strategy links financial return to social, environmental impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... they're going to measure the impact that they're purporting to have," he said. "We have built a proprietary impact data base of all the bonds we have held, in order to understand and measure the impact investors have funded. We are able to demonstrate ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... within their operations." For those funds that do not integrate ESG, they cite scepticism over whether ESG-related products/data sets can improve risk-returns and question whether they can be successfully combined into existing hedge fund investment ...

Waste and recycling legislation to foster circular economy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... towards for National Waste Policy Action Plan commitments, including implementing the waste export ban, improving our waste data and halving food waste by 2030. The focus on developing a circular economy will bring opportunity for Australia, said Terence ...

ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... had a return of 7.3% for the past year and 13.2% over the past three years. The average ESG managed fund in Rainmaker's data set returned +2.3% in the past 12 months, and 7.5% over the past three years. The universe contains a mix of equity, bond ...

First Sentier publishes Modern Slavery Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... and how they're going to get there." In the first year of reporting to the Australian legislation, First Sentier has used data from a range of sources including the Walk Free Foundation, the US Department of Labor, Sustainalytics and Reprisk together ...

Social issues and climate dominate engagement: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... of evidence to support the power of racial and ethnic diversity as well," Colton said. "However, we don't have any kind of data, so we are miles and miles behind. This is a call for more disclosure on composition of board and the workforce, so we can ...

Regulator appoints first head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... letter, APRA also cited its 2018 climate change survey, which, among other things, "highlighted the need to address the climate data deficit, to quantify the likely impact of the physical, transitional and liability risks of climate change and accurately ...

Zenith creates ESG framework for fund classification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... practises to incorporate ESG factors in investment decisions and active ownership, Higgins said. "The very fast moving pool of data in ESG," he said. "That is potentially problematic because when you see these systems, all of them will assume a common ...

MackeyRMS launches ESG Scorecards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Scorecards was built in collaboration with MackeyRMS clients and is designed to "enable investment teams to integrate ESG ratings data from their preferred providers and build customized, repeatable, and auditable workflows to ensure holdings within ...

Ban on waste export presents risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... towards for National Waste Policy Action Plan commitments, including implementing the waste export ban, improving our waste data and halving food waste by 2030. Listed companies in the waste management and recycling space welcomed the announcement. Waste ...