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IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... To certify their buildings Zero Carbon, real estate developers first reduce their buildings' emissions through green building practices and can then offset any remaining emissions through ClimateSeed, the IFC said. ClimateSeed is BNP Paribas' first social ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations is essential to building an infrastructure portfolio because of the long term nature of the assets, according to First Sentier Investors. Niall Mills, First Sentier Investors ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... any given year, the occurrence of natural events is random," Liu said. "We're not allocating to the peril, we're just building a portfolio that mimics the risk distribution of the global catastrophe reinsurance industry." While the majority of Amundi's ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... "There's no doubt that ESG is now a central consideration for asset owners, with a large number of investment managers building their own capabilities in this area," Harrison said. "Investment managers are responding to the growing demand across all ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... medium-sized superannuation funds, as well as religious funds, endowments and foundations, Mather said. "BlueOrchard has been building and scaling its operation for nearly two decades and in doing so, contributed to the overall scaling of the impact ...

Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... consistent ESG data, followed by resourcing or cost issues associated with internal integration, infrastructure, knowledge-building and a lack of available ESG talent to manage integration." "That fiduciary duty was cited so highly marks a significant ...

Sustainable Digitalisation Project to set goals for real estate and cities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Indicators, to establish a useful framework for investors. Above those initiatives are five strategic goals - The first is to building awareness on the issues of Sustainable Digitalisation, and the second to build a coalition of leaders across the built ...

Cromwell Property Group on value of sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... one of the leaders in forming a group of 15 property organisations with PCA, actively engaging in participating in the building, scoping of an industry based response to modern slavery. What that means is that we've gone out to over 700 organisations ...

LeapFrog Investments names Julia Gillard to leadership council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... better forms of capitalism," Gillard said. "I am so pleased to join the Global Leadership Council, supporting LeapFrog in building businesses that empower millions of individuals and grow emerging economies. As the impact investing industry scales from ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... managers aren't integrating that, they won't make it." The second layer is the engagement services via Hermes. "Our role is building a multi-manager portfolio," Gray said. "Thinking from the top-down perspective, we asked ourselves, are we also acting ...