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Strong flow of new ESG funds brought to market: Equity Trustees

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... compliant) and 1% themed carbon neutral. Equity Trustees defines an ESG fund as being one that are actively pursuing an ESG strategy, rather than just considering ESG in their investment decision-making process, said Equity Trustees general manager business ...

ISPT launches sustainable furniture scheme, diverts waste

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... avoided the cost of paying for landfill of the furniture, generating a financial savings for the fund. ISPT's ESG strategy to 2025 includes environmental KPIs in terms of emissions reduction, renewable energy usage, water conservation and reuse ...

More women on boards, but cultural diversity stagnating: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... about industry knowledge, or technical knowledge it's about the whole needs of the company - people, culture, cyber, strategy." One aspect not covered in the research that Vamos singled out is the need for boards that serve people with disabilities ...

RIAA certifies two Real Asset Management funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... being specifically related to ESG factors, noted RAM head of fixed income Michael Frearson. "Being a floating rate income strategy, our portfolios are well placed to continue to deliver on their investment objective with a rising income stream and relative ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Increasing use of cloud-based technology and services can yield not only technology gains, but also assist Australian companies in reducing carbon emissions, according to research from Deloitte. In a recent report, Deloitte noted that cloud-based technologies ...

AXA IM launches two sustainable funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... as at end of 2021. The fund seeks to invest in eligible green bonds with issuers that have an overall sustainability strategy consistent and aligned with green bond projects. The fund is aligned to four sub-themes of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... "Investors and businesses increasingly perceive environmental risk as financial risk," said CBA senior associate currency strategy and international economics Carol Kong. "Climate change is having an impact on companies' bottom line and in order ...

Financial inclusion as risk and opportunity: Principal Financial Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... opportunities are, which leads to better products and better services to people." As part of the Principal Group's ESG strategy, which is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the company has outlined measurable commitments to advance inclusive ...

BNP Paribas AM launches sustainable Asia fixed income strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched a sustainable fixed income strategy that offers exposure to sustainable urbanisation trends in Asia. The BNP Paribas Sustainable Asian Cities Bond strategy is the global fund manager's first Asia-focused fixed ...

Australia's C-Suite cite climate change as chief concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... conscious of their global peer and how they are performing on reporting, plus the degree to which they are both developing strategy for these kinds of ESG concerns and opportunities, and also reporting on this," Law noted. In that context, the 27% may ...