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Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... wake of global crises, noting that the Dodd-Frank Act, the Basel III framework and the creation of the Financial Stability Board have emerged because of the 2008 global financial crisis. Amundi says they anticipate a new rise of regulation and supervision ...

ESG data enhances value strategies: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... to the framework. "Assessing companies' climate governance - you could have a company with heavy risk, but if they have a board with strong engagement and focus on capital allocation decisions, that impacts on how we view them. The second component is ...

MSCI launches Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk solution for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... reporting and progress towards broader sustainability goals. The framework is closely aligned to the G20's Financial Stability Board's Taskforce on Climate-Related Disclosures (TCFD), MSCI said. "Private real estate, as a long-term asset class, is particularly ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Insight Investment has introduced a proprietary environmental, social and governance [ESG] risk rating system to assess more than 6,500 issuers covering 850,000 respective subsidiaries. Josh Kendall, senior ESG analyst, Insight Investment The ESG risk ...

Ex-Rosenberg Equities executives launch Radiant ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... thinking about carbon, water risk. "Ultimately, we can call them E S and G, but they're sitting under management and the board, and our goal is to find companies that are leaders not just next quarter, not just next year, but a long horizon value cre ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Global Advisors' R-Factor integrates multiple data sources and is built utilising the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) materiality framework. The fund manager uses SASB's Materiality Map to generate a unique ESG score for listed companies. ...

Digital human rights rise up the agenda post-COVID-19: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Robeco noting that because approximately 53% of Alphabet's voting shares controlled by the company's executive officers and board members, support for the resolution translates to roughly 45% of the independent votes. The four lead filers of the resolution ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... integral part of our decision-making and in particular our position as a long only, long term investor engaging with the Board and management of portfolio companies," Rossler said. "Natasha McKean has been responsible for establishing and executing our ...

GRI to update three Universal Standards, seeks public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... responsible business and respect for human rights," said Judy Kuszewski, chair of GRI's Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB). "Importantly, the Universal Standards apply to all organisations that report their impacts based on the GRI Standards. ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the first ethical ETFs in the market to include a gender diversity screen, screening out companies that do not have female board representation. BetaShares launched a third, ethical, fixed income ETF, GBND, in 2019. GBND is based on a diversified portfolio ...