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Taking a closer look at corporate lobbying on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... opinion piece from Dr Ian Woods, Specialist, Sustainable Investment, Chronos Sustainability and Clare Richards, Senior Engagement Manager, Church of England Pensions Board. The opinions expressed reflect their opinions only. Dr Ian Woods, Specialist ...

ESG integration "crucial" to credit investments: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... ramp-up in investor and client preferences for an ESG integrated approach over the past five years, Sivapalan noted. Engagement is as much a part of the investment processes on the credit side as it is on the equity side, Kopczynski said. "Engagement ...

First State Super-backed Victorian fund makes first investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... embedded across the investment management team operations, including fund manager selection, investment decisions, and engagement with companies as part of the fund's asset stewardship program.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management launches ESG integration policy statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... five main priorities will be governance, strategy alignment for the long term, human capital management, stakeholder engagement and climate risk. The Sustainable Investing team collaborated with a working group of 19 senior portfolio managers, research ...

First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... embedded across the investment management team operations, including fund manager selection, investment decisions, and engagement with companies as part of the fund's asset stewardship program. "We are seeing more severe climate impacts, and the science ...

Carbon emissions need to peak "as soon as possible": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... AXA IM's 2019 Global Stewardship Report, climate change accounted for more than 40% of the investment manager's total engagement with companies. In a 12-month period, AXA IM engaged with 217 issuers, voted at 6016 general meetings, and 64,439 proposed ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches smaller companies fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... because that's where they'll get the best feel for how the teams are performing, particularly on the governance side." Engagement as part of the investment process has an important role to play in the smaller companies sector, Welsh-Rose added. "This ...

ESG data enhances value strategies: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... head of ESG, Maple-Brown Abbott. "If I think about big picture, as a value manager adopting an ESG integration and engagement strategy, there is a strong alignment between ESG and investment returns." McKean spoke with The Sustainability Report as she ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... while forming their qualitative evaluations," Insight Investment said. Analysts' decisions are also based on direct engagement with companies, a critical part of Insight's approach to ESG risk analysis. Eighty-two percent of Insight's meetings with sovereign ...

Ex-Rosenberg Equities executives launch Radiant ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... family office and advisory services, corporate consulting services to companies that are improving their reporting and engagement on material ESG issues, and thematic consultation on improving diversity and inclusion best practice. "In some ways, there ...