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Identifying female leadership as driver of value: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... how performance reviews are conducted, according to Vontobel Asset Management. Sudhir Roc-Sennett, Vontobel's head of ESG and thought leadership for its Quality Growth Boutique, notes that there are significant risks when diversity is ignored both ...

NSW rail operator signs $1.8 billion green sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... SPT-linked incentives over an initial 10-year period, with scope to review and extend. The GSLL will complement Reliance Rail's ESG strategy as well as the commitments by its long-term equity investors, AMP Capital and the Amber Infrastructure-advised ...

Australian Unity hires ESG property specialist

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Australian Unity has hired Parag Shinde as national manager - ESG, responsible for leading and implementing a best-in-class ESG approach across the firm's commercial property portfolio. Shinde comes to Australian Unity from Property NSW, where he was ...

PwC Australia appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Responsibility strategy and report. "Organisations and governments are facing a wide range of complex, interconnected and disorderly ESG issues," O'Neill said. "Our ability to help clients bring clarity to that disorder, uniting a broad range of expertise ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... - they sell it to someone else, or they list on the stock market. In which case, it should be listed as a renewable, more ESG-focused company, and it will be part of an index that is more green-orientated than other companies." Perhaps an even bigger ...

Platforms increasing ESG products, research: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Platforms are rapidly increasing ESG research, tools and products to meet consumer demand, according to research from Investment Trends. Investment Trends has released the annual Platform Benchmarking Report, with focus areas included supporting advisers ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Management has launched an active fixed income fund investing in Asian bonds with a strong bias towards issuers with sound ESG profiles. The HSBC GIF Asia ESG Bond Fund is set up to have a higher ESG score and a lower carbon intensity score than its ...

U Ethical makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... guidance during this next phase of growth." King pointed to the shift in investor mindset to an increased understanding of ESG and responsible investment. "U Ethical is Australia's most experienced ethical investor, with its first funds established in ...

The challenge of evaluating impact investing's fundamentals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... tiers. The five tiers are: traditional, which seeks to achieve a stated investment outcome "with little to no regard for RI/ESG"; aware, which seeks to achieve a stated outcome "taking into consideration a broad range of factors including RI/ESG"; integrated ...

Cyber security, COVID and climate change cap CEO concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... business - access to capital, or engagement of employees and customers," said Jon Chadwick, PwC partner and Australia's ESG leader. Chadwick attributed climate change's status as the third highest-cited concern from CEOs to the fact that the COVID-19 ...