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Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Reflect RAP in collaboration with affiliate organisation, Adamantem, said Melior head of advocacy starategy and senior research analyst Julia Bailey. "We have been engaging with companies over Indigenous issues and their reconciliation activities since ...

Calculating the value of green transitions: UBS AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
By calculating the value of decarbonisation strategies, investors can identify which companies in hard-to-abate emissions-intensive sectors are capable of taking stronger action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to UBS Asset Management. ...

CEFC, CBA finance plastic recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... is critical to increasing the circularity of our economy and building a better Australia for future generations. Our research estimates that Australia's circularity rate stands at about five%. Projects like CPA can play a crucial role in raising that ...

HSBC AM takes stake in women-owned ESG investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... long-term orientation to the partnership. "We've communicated as well that we intend to find ways to collaborate on ESG research. [HSBC Asset Management] does some very interesting work on the climate side. We bring more to the table on the social side ...

Global fund manager evolving approaches to ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... commitment to ESG investing. Moret oversees the firm's sustainable investing and global engagement policies, foster research and product development agendas, advance portfolio integration across asset classes and contribute NTAM's perspectives ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Investments does not hold any stock in Afterpay, but holds stock in other listed BNPL providers, noted head of ethics research Stuart Palmer. Palmer pointed to restrictions by certain BNPL providers that prevent merchants that use the services from passing ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... controversial weapons, Squires told FS Sustainability at the time of the announcement. "Through looking at all of the research, and the analysis within our portfolio, we came to the conclusion that we can absolutely achieve a 2030 target," Squires said. ...

ESG ratings "just opinions": Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... issued by sell-side analysts for decades." But ISS ESG global head of ESG thought leadership Duncan Paterson said that ESG research differs in several ways to sell side analysis, pointing to the fact that at ISS, responsible investment research relies ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... for preventing and responding to sexual harassment and it remains unclear who in the company holds accountability, new research shows. The report, Equality across the board: Investing in workplaces that work for everyone, was undertaken by the Australian ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... of directors, greenhouse gas emissions, product sustainability, and treatment of employees. T. Rowe Price director of research, responsible investing Maria Drew noted that the challenge with tracking climate change risks is that much of the data on industry ...