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JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Financial Conduct Authority. Halpern will oversee JANA's fast-growing sustainability team with a focus on managing climate change risk for clients, and brings a decade's experience in developing investment strategies which minimise regulatory ...

Advisers seek education, clarification on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Advisers report that clients are most likely to ask them about environmental issues related to investing, specifically climate change, while social and governance questions lag behind, Guiamatsia said. Information from the Responsible Investment Association ...

Modern slavery, Indigenous heritage, climate change top agenda: Paradice IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Modern slavery, occupational health and safety, protection of Indigenous heritage and climate change are key ESG themes for corporate engagement, according to Paradice Investment Management. Paradice integrates ESG and active ownership into its investment ...

SGX-listed companies improving sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... years is heartening to see," said SGX RegCo CEO Tan Boon Gin. "Nevertheless, the call globally for efforts on the climate change and sustainable development fronts has grown exponentially and with a new urgency. "Singapore too has stepped up measures ...

Net zero: How to separate truth from marketing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... impacted by weather events recently," she said, but that doesn't mean that there is overwhelming action on climate change. There is however a proliferation in net zero commitments in Australia, as there is internationally. But Barnes isn't sure ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... in opportunities that are aligned with broader investment themes such as improving health outcomes, addressing climate change and energy needs, and improving sustainable growth and employment, and Signori said the pipeline of investments is "really robust." ...

Unite the league: investors join climate coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... being opened to other sectors, including banks, insurers and companies. It is coordinated by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Teachers Mutual Bank becomes the first banking participant, and says it aims to deliver an additional $20 billion ...

War, vice and climate: assessing investors ethical stands

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Nucleus Wealth. Female investors were more than 70% more likely to exclude at least one vice than male investors. Climate Change was comparatively important to all groups but most important to Baby Boomers (49%) and Millennials (53%). "For us, there ...

Science-Based Targets an indicator of future climate action: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Companies that set with the Science-based Targets to reduce climate change risk are a "strong indicator of future performance on emissions reduction" and this information can be useful in constructing fixed income portfolios, according to Federated ...

Post-COVID economic recovery "once in a generation opportunity"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... communities, which finds that Australians cite cost of living, health, the economy, job stability and creation, climate change and the environment, as top five concerns in emerging from COVID0-19. The report assessed policy and public opinion research ...