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Northern Trust firms up stewardship, proxy voting offering

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The US$1.5 trillion global asset manager has poached a stewardship head from rival UBS Asset Management, who will chair the proxy voting committee amid a rollout of a new proxy voting solution. Paul Clark is an investment management expert with over ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Rest has awarded a US$75 million ($112.15 million) mandate to transatlantic investment manager TowerBrook Capital Partners, for its Delta private equity impact fund. The Delta fund will invest in mid-sized private companies that are expected to generate ...

QIC invests in Australian biotech start-up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... successful animal testing," Meinert said. "This technology is not just a leap forward in terms of innovation; it is a paradigm shift towards creating life-like human tissue models in the lab, which are scalable to industrial requirements and fully compatible ...

LGIM, Generation, MUFG to report on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has seen 96 publicly listed entities sign up, representing over US$6 trillion in market capitalisation. This is a 30% increase in adopters of nature-related corporate reporting recommendations ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... climate-related disclosure rules, he tells FS Sustainability. "Disclosure is a necessary but insufficient condition. It doesn't shift the dial enough." The solution? He is open to ideas, but at present it goes roughly like this: Mandate decarbonisation ...

Demand for human rights solutions intensifies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... supported by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Council for Inclusive Capitalism (CIC), and Shift.

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... world's iron ore supply. Instead of exporting and processing this metal using high-emission techniques, companies could shift to using hydrogen blast furnaces powered by renewable energy. Giving Green argued that this approach not only benefits the ...

Social TCFD-equivalent seeks leaders

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... supported by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Council for Inclusive Capitalism (CIC), and Shift.

Fintech group nabs ESG lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... really attracted me to work with Automic, especially as the ESG and sustainability landscape continues to evolve with the shift towards mandatory sustainability disclosures. "I saw the opportunity and potential for Automic to continue growing their ESG ...

Accountants say digital is key

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Christopher Brown said finance and sustainability teams will need to work together to address this issue. "Amidst the global shift towards sustainability-focused financial disclosures, it is imperative that finance teams bring to bear their corporate ...