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Global fund manager evolving approaches to ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... associations, the fund manager said. Moret joined NTAM from Franklin Templeton, where she was global head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). Moret defines her key priorities as working across the investment practices to evolve existing consideration ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... opportunity for investors. Some super funds and ethical fund managers have declined to invest in listed BNPL companies over these social concerns. For their part, companies are implementing policies to manage potential risks to financial hardship while ...

Tracking ESG impact in emerging markets improving: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... mapping and quantifying the company's impact; it's also about engagement and understanding how the company addresses material social or environmental issues and how they manage corporate governance." The Emerging Markets Sustainable Impact Fund holds ...

A little more conversation and a lot more action

PIERRE LENDERS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
There's a lot of talk about the importance of environmental, social and governance issues in investment decisions, but is there sufficient action? And if there is, what does that action look like, and can it deliver on performance as well as moral objectives? ...

Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... returns for members," said chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson. "Kim's wealth of expertise across environmental, social and corporate governance will support HESTA to continue its important work." HESTA led recent global investor engagement ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... responsible investment isn't standing still." With climate change firmly on the agenda, the next evolution will be around social issues. Rather than derailing the ESG conversation, COVID-19 has enhanced those engagements and brought social to the fore ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... interest in carbon credits that are derived from nature-based solutions because of the concept of co-benefits - that is, social and environmental benefits such as supporting local community activity and/or improving biodiversity. Nature-based solutions ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... respond to rapidly growing global demand for high integrity nature-based solutions to support business climate and corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. It is co-founded by Point Advisory and Biodiverse Carbon, a subsidiary of Greening Australia ...

J.P. Morgan AM acquires forestry firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... expertise in managing real assets to forests, which are a natural solution to many of the world's climate, biodiversity and social challenges." Campbell Global's investment offering will sit within J.P. Morgan's $168 billion Global Alternatives franchise ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... its strategy to become carbon neutral by 2030. The Australian Unity Green Bond Fund invests in a combination of green, social and sustainable fixed interest securities with the primary purpose of helping to lower carbon emissions, and is managed by Australian ...