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Cybersecurity tops ESG priorities for ASX companies: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... are going to be better positioned to respond when these become mandatory." Perennial has set a target of having all portfolio companies report at least Scope 1 and 2 emissions and setting targets to align with the Paris agreement by 2025. When it comes ...

Exploding the glass cliff myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... investigate why when companies increase their diversity, there is also financial outperformance," said senior quantitative portfolio manager Joanna Nash. "We're asking what's driving that and why - when you have great diversity, when you have ...

Podcast: What's next for green bonds?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... opportunities to invest in issuance from companies that are moving to reduce their carbon intensity while developing a portfolio of investments that will achieve investment returns that are aligned with decarbonisation.

Push for greater ESG alignment in C-Suite pay

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... 6% of ASX 300 companies have any link between executive remuneration and ESG factors. By comparison, 10% of Melior's portfolio companies have linkages between remuneration and ESG factors. "Companies say that ESG is value-creative because they can attract ...

Stafford Capital Partners launches sustainable timber impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable timberland impact strategy that will see investment in Australian and New Zealand assets as part of the portfolio. The Stafford Carbon Offset Opportunity Fund has attracted US$242 million in investor commitments from the UK local government ...

Podcast: Are we all ESGers now?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
We talk with Rainmaker Information director of research Alex Dunnin about demystifying ESG, how super funds are doing in disclosing what's in their portfolios and why disclosure and clarity around ESG matters for super fund members. Rainmaker Information ...

AXA IM sets ESG targets for executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... the weighted average carbon intensity (WACI) to reach the target of 25% reduction in carbon intensity for corporate portfolio by 2025. For the ESG part of the deferred compensation, this metric accounts for 75% for AXA IM Core and 37.5% for employees ...

The active advantage in sustainable investment: Pengana

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... strategies. "Through a process of fundamentally analysing the companies that are being considered for inclusion in a portfolio, the investment manager should really be getting right under the fingernails of the business to understand how it works, what ...

NGS Super taps Robeco for global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... approximately $750 million, constituting approximately 22% of the $13 billion super fund's total global equities portfolio. The developed markets enhanced indexing mandate is customised to meet the fund's 2030 net zero target and interim 2025 ...

Fidelity bolsters ESG skills

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... 300 listed companies in Australia on ESG and sustainability initiatives. Before working at Macquarie, she was a senior portfolio analyst at an impact investing fund and a senior associate covering equity capital markets at Citigroup Australia. While ...