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Asset consultants keep gates closed on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... of factors, including idea generation, the ways in which investment teams identify ESG risks and opportunities, how materiality is determined and how they then feed into the investment process. Mercer also looks at internal and external communication ...

NAB launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... and willing to be transparent and support that ambition with a second party position in terms of the targets, their materiality and the reporting that's provided." In August, ANZ launched SLDs that will initially be sold in in Australia, Hong Kong ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but climate clarity needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... prioritisation of the SDGs is on an upward trend, the targets are getting better, and companies are doing more of that materiality analyses and linking it to their business to some degree." What is necessary to demonstrate commitment and progress towards ...

$515 million sustainability loan anchors seaport refinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... examining the customer's strategies, their disclosures and sustainability reports, and come up with ideas based on materiality assessment, what other people have done in the market and what's relevant to their industry," Chan said. "We invite ...

Modern slavery, Indigenous heritage, climate change top agenda: Paradice IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... investment teams business analysis." Paradice has developed engagement tools for meeting with company management, aligning materiality issues to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) framework. Varcoe points to the issues of modern slavery ...

S&P Dow Jones launches new ESG indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Aristocrats Indices include a layer of sustainability screens, reflecting the market's growing recognition of the financial materiality and impact of ESG issues on corporate balance sheets." Each of the S&P ESG Dividend Aristocrats indices measures the ...

When ESG improvement comes at a cost: MFS Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... this, because there are some industries where this is going to be challenging and potentially bankrupting." Financial materiality needs to be integrated in ESG considerations, because of ESG issues impacts on financial asset prices, Wilson said. Wilson ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... sector, what qualifies a stock as social or environmentally positive, and we will invest in companies where there is materiality and measurability of impact. Specifically, we will look for the majority of revenues or profits tied to one of our impact ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Addressing risks such as climate change are not "nice to haves", but rather essential considerations of financial materiality, she said. "We have a specific data tool that we call our ESG Engine, which takes data from multiple data providers," Kuijpers ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... (WBCSD), in collaboration with DNV GL, has issued a survey aimed at gathering insights into how stakeholder engagement, materiality and risk management can support board-level decision-making. The joint initiative between WBCSD and DNV GL, a global quality ...