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Alphinity highlights sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... performs a "deep dive review," Cairns said. The report also explained Alphinity's use of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its domestic and global equity finds. Alphinity launched the Global Sustainable Equity Fund earlier this year, and it ...

Investment consultants launch net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... the opportunity to impact millions of people," said JANA chief executive officer Jim Lamborn. "However, achieving the UN's SDGs will require sustained international collaboration. This is why global initiatives like the NZICI are so critical. We are ...

Integrating ESG into securitised asset strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... and mapping of the positively- and negatively-scored deals to the applicable United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), for consistent tracking and reporting of a portfolio's overall sustainability alignment. "The threshold for us saying ...

New ethical fund appoints Equity Trustees as RE

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... fundamental analysis to identify companies with value characteristics and then invests in companies with alignment towards the UN SDGs. The fund is currently identifying cash instruments that meet their ethical screens, Heuzenroeder said. "Cash holdings ...

Using the SDGs to develop sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework of targets that investors can use to implement sustainable investment outcomes. There is "deep momentum" to making investments towards companies and assets that support the ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... any of the Sustainable Development Goals," said OneVentures managing director Michelle Deaker. "There are quite a number of SDGs that are relevant in healthcare and technology - sustainable cities, health and wellbeing, decent work, and better economic ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but climate clarity needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... report data from 2018-2020. The findings indicated that the extent of awareness, commitment and governance support for the SDGs has substantially improved, but lead author Professor Nava Subramaniam cautioned that companies still need to be held accountable ...

ESG reporting rises, but companies lagging on climate, diversity: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... disclosures, but we need to go to the quality of disclosures." Ethical Partners found that 50% of companies report against the SDGs, but only 5% report in a way that the fund manager categorises as "integrated", with 44% of the companies addressing their ...

Alphinity launches SDG-aligned fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Alphinity Investment Management has launched a global sustainable strategy aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Alphinity Global Sustainable Equity Fund is a concentrated fund seeking to invest in a diversified portfolio of leading ...

Global sustainable investment grows 15%: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia Simon O'Connor. "We're a long way from achieving net zero, delivering the SDGs and so it's really to tie that together so that the whole market starts focusing on the deliverability of the big sustainability ...