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Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... emergence of ESG benchmarks, indices and the development of principles for the assessment of companies and responsible investment, each individual investor decides which principles matter most to them. For example, for some the focus is low carbon footprint ...

Amundi reports increased demand for fixed income ETFs, ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... with companies that are held in the ETF and indexed products, and works with the stipulations of clients' responsible investment and ESG policies, he added.

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... people are impatient to take action and do something around this," said Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia. "The dots are being joined between fires and climate change, and that is flowing through to a conversation ...

VFMC hires Talieh Williams as head of investment stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... governance and sustainable investment from 2008 through 2019. She has been a non-executive director for the Responsible Investment Association Australasia and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, and is a member of the Australian Sustainable ...

David Atkin, responsible investment leader, to step down as Cbus CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... and women of the building and construction industry." Atkin is considered an "elder statesperson of the responsible investment community," Bracks noted. Atkin served as Australian asset owner representative on the PRI Board (Principles of Responsible ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... profit. The trick now is for words to become actions. Recently the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment announced it will investigate whether and how legal frameworks allow for - and incentivise - investors to consider sustainability ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... flipping financials services to be of service to their clients and customers," said Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), and co-chair of ASFI. "The whole purpose here is delivering better outcomes for our ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
MySuper options in superannuation funds that employ responsible investment strategies across portfolios have financially outperformed non-responsible investment peers over one, three and five-year time frames, according to new research from the Responsible ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... "The relatively low interest in negative screening strategies seems to indicate that investors' views of responsible investment have evolved," Harrison said. "To them, it doesn't represent as much limiting the opportunity set, but rather finding positive ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... responsible approach to tax by business is essential," said Fiona Reynolds is CEO of PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment). "The PRI has been leading efforts to drive more meaningful corporate disclosure. GRI's new Tax Standard marks an evolution ...