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Impact Investment Partners on Indigenous Infrastructure Investment Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... water, what are the secondary benefits of that?" The fund is being geared towards increasing Indigenous direct economic engagement through employment, procurement and leasing from Indigenous landholders as well as establishing itself as a trusted investment ...

Future Super divests from companies with no women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... them, we've asked them to provide plans to target diversity on their boards, and still didn't hear anything from them. Engagement is a part of the work we do on behalf of members, but so too is taking the solid steps to protect members interests. It's ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments hires Bill Hartnett

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... continue to move ESG considerations further up the investment agenda," Stirling said. "As an active investment manager, engagement continues to be at the heart of our approach and it is important for us to influence the standards of governance. With ...

First State Super signs Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... owners and asset managers over investment assets. The code covers activities including exercising voting rights, company engagement, monitoring asset managers and financial system advocacy. Stewardship codes exist in many markets in the world, including ...

Australian government awards $1.23m to Impact Investment Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... mentors) with the tools and resources to apply a gender-lens to their business approaches, processes and strategies of engagement." "As a woman entrepreneur, I started IIX with the vision to bring women and underserved communities to the forefront of ...

Global responsible investment assets top US$30 trillion: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... is negative/exclusionary screening (US$19.8 trillion), followed by ESG integration (US$17.5 trillion) and corporate engagement/shareholder action ($9.8 trillion). Negative screening remains the largest strategy in Europe, while ESG integration continues ...

NZ Super to divest from gun manufacture investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... individual companies for severe breaches of responsible investment standards, such as the UN Global Compact, "where engagement is unlikely to be, or has not been, effective due to the context of the company's operations or to a lack of responsiveness ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches global sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... and outlines a blueprint to mainstream sustainability in all that we do - through our investment processes, but also engagement with our staff, companies, policymakers and wider society. This is central to our firm's strategy and our ability to deliver ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Royal Commission on Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry were all issues of ESG engagement for Ausbil Investment Management. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil Ausbil has published their 2018 ESG Engagement Report, noting ...

Investec Asset Management launches Global Environment Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... conviction. It's a 25 stock portfolio at the moment, managed with a five-year plus horizon, and the importance of that is engagement and impact and transparency right at the top." The strategy seeks to invest in companies around three broad themes - ...