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| | | Northern Trust Asset Management has launched a quantitative strategy focusing on high quality, low-volatility stocks with a lower carbon footprint. The Quality Low Volatility Low Carbon World (QLV Low Carbon) Strategy is NTAM's latest sustainable investment ... |
| | | | ... world. Laggards are companies that are considered to be in the bottom 10% on performance against the R-Factor. "There is a bias towards larger companies, which may have larger sustainability teams and are better at reporting in general," Colton said. ... |
| | | | ... Evans, 30% Club Australia chair. "One of the most significant barriers to women's progression to boards has been unconscious bias in recruitment practices and a tendency to rely on personal networks. "At this point, we should be expecting women to be ... |
| | | | Australian boards may be setting ethical values for companies, but routine actions by CEOs and other executives may not reflect those values, posing serious risks for companies, according to research published by the Actuaries Institute. The research ... |
| | | | ... to incorporate objective and skill-based job descriptions. The firm has further engaged on training to counter unconscious bias in hiring patterns. "It also helps to have firm support, as certain hires might not be plug-and-play candidates and require ... |
| | | | ... improvement to shifting to a recruitment platform which deidentifies applications. Through this process, the risk of unconscious bias colouring hiring choices is removed. The new recruitment style also sees the fund focus on asking questions of candidates ... |
| | | | A BNP Paribas Asset Management equity fund is using long/short strategies to identify in companies that are either finding opportunities in, or facing, the challenges that come with climate change and the global transition to a lower carbon economy. ... |
| | | | ... European-domiciled companies, although Crockford says the team is seeing more companies in the Asian region. There is also a bias towards companies that meet targets in SDGs 3 - good health and wellbeing, 7 - affordable and clean energy, 9 - industry ... |
| | | | The societal and economic consequences of climate change in a business as usual scenario are expected to be "devastating," but mitigating investment risk based on backward looking data and not future transition is a challenge for investors, according ... |
| | | | Although different components in the infrastructure sector have different risks, opportunities and concerns, investors are highlighting protection of employees - many of whom are deemed essential and have been working through the pandemic - and the ... |
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