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ESG investing growing strongly in Asia: J.P. Morgan Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... middle of this century already made up 77% of Asia's 2019 GDP and 46% of the population in 2019, according to World Bank data," Hui said. "This is a powerful market shift that will shape the investment landscape in the region. Still, Europe remains the ...

Loomis Sayles names three ESG appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... governance work. Holly Young has been named ESG senior analyst. In this role, Young will work with investment teams to ensure data needs are being met, address client reporting needs and provide overall ESG data expertise. She will report to Kathleen ...

Local pick-up a key to reducing emissions in e-commerce: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... locations for customers to click and collect, shipping from stores to homes, and curbside pickup - and if delivery companies used data to optimise delivery routes, companies could lower what's called last-mile emissions between 17 and 26% by 2025. ...

$150 million impact fund to target small companies for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... seeks to take a 20% ownership stake. The cornerstone of Beckon Capital's business is a tech platform that collects the data from SMEs on financial and positive and negative impact and reduces the time and costs of traditional due diligence related ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Super funds and asset managers have announced commitments to remove risks of greenhouse gas emissions from their portfolios. These announcements have a shorthand - "net zero" or "carbon neutral" or "decarbonisation" - and have varying timelines to reach ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... significantly since the first SLL was executed in 2017 and reached US$141bn in 2019 before falling to US$124bn in 2020, according to data that Westpac sourced from BloombergNEF. In Australia and New Zealand, volumes followed a similar trend, peaking ...

Diversity, human rights, climate change lead agenda: ASI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Diversity and inclusion, human rights and climate change continue to be issues of engagement for Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI). In addition to joining the 40:40 Vision campaign, ASI has also developed its own diversity and inclusion expectation ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Analytics Solution. State Street is providing EISS Super customised ESG performance and risk management around carbon emissions data, from both the top down and bottom-up perspectives. EISS Super can also view its $6 billion fund through the ESG data ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... 'thematic investments' and/or 'impact investments' that explicitly aim to deliver positive non-financial outcomes. bfinance data shows that 34% of investors in real assets (infrastructure and real estate) are involved in thematic investing, with a further ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... decision-making, in line with our belief that more diverse views lead to better decision making, and we are looking for the specific data points such as representation in ownership and investment committees, for instance, to help draw the link closer ...