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American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... maximising the social and economic opportunities of climate action, while minimising difficulties such as negative social impact. "We all play a crucial rule, and we won't get there without cooperation.... This is an investment risk, and also the investment ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... on the risks and the actions that they were taking to address those risks," said KPMG partner, human rights and social impact Meg Brodie. "The introduction of that legislation and a reporting initiative started the conversation in what is a pretty nascent/emerging ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian renewable energy sector is grappling with the dilemma of what to do with an estimated 80 million solar panels at end of life - more than 100,000 tonnes due to be dismantled in Australia from 2035 onwards. This enormous volume of waste ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... 25-40 stocks. It is a high-conviction portfolio that invests in companies that have a positive environmental or social impact. The fund is a repositioning of a former Maple-Brown Abbott fund, the Responsible Investment Fund. "The fund has been repositioned ...

ESG goes mainstream: How the role has changed and what lies ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... practitioner will be tasked with capacity-building for teams to understand the financial meaning of environmental, and social impact. Central to this quest is ensuring that ESG data is accurate and quantifiable, and translatable into monetary terms so ...

CareSuper, Yarra Capital fill ESG roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Australia. Kuo has previous experience as a university researcher and lecturer on sustainability measurement and social impact, and has led projects on social enterprise and impact investing for the Victorian government and the Responsible Investment ...

Clear link between ESG performance and shareholder return: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... established that the same pattern exists for social and environmental factors. "The pandemic cemented the importance of social impact, with more socially responsible companies tending to outperform," Federated Hermes said. "Previously there was weak ...

Defining financial, wellbeing impacts in housing: Kayne Anderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
A confluence of factors in the US multi-family rental housing market including a supply/demand imbalance, the need to upgrade aging residences including on grounds of energy efficiency, and the ability to improve overall health and wellbeing drive the ...

Conscious Investment Management adopts Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... range of sectors - from social and affordable housing and Specialist Disability Accommodation, to renewables, and social impact bonds. CIM has expanded its investment team recently, appointing Queenie Tran as director in January. Tran will lead Conscious ...

Australian Unity hires ESG property specialist

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... consumption and carbon footprint, maximising renewable energy generation, and leasing to tenants that have a positive social impact on Australian communities. "Parag's deep knowledge of property sustainability and climate change strategies will be invaluable ...