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Bank Australia issues $125 million sustainability bond linked to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... framework at some point in the future, but we're not sitting there." EY provided assurance over the bond, with Sustainalytics providing a second-party opinion. ANZ was the arranger. The bond is a floating rate note and Bank Australia is applying such ...

Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... making the work a better place via the SDGs." Alphinity uses internal research and external research from CAER and Sustainalytics to evaluate companies based on SDG activities. Alphinity has also appointed Elaine Prior, ESG investment pioneer and former ...

Russell Investments to implement new material ESG score methodology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... uses the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board 's (SASB) materiality map as well as the research categories of Sustainalytics, said Scott Bennett, director, equity strategy and research, at Russell Investments and an author of the research paper ...

Sustainalytics outlines ten key global ESG risks for 2018

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Sustainability research house Sustainalytics has outlined 10 key ESG risks for 2018, ranging from water management to measures for consumer protection. Martin Vezer, senior associate, thematic research, Sustainalytics Sustainalytics published 10 for ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... decline in market capitalisation for affected companies over a short-term period, according to a new report by Sustainalytics. Martin Vezer, senior associate, thematic research, Sustainalytics Sustainalytics analysed 13,000 incidents in 2016 and found ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual conference in Sydney. Michael Jantzi, CEO of Sustainalytics noted that he thinks of engagement as a toolbox of various tools, and that those tools have been deployed in successful ways ...

Sustainalytics CEO discusses impact of Morningstar ownership stake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
Morningstar, Inc. a leading provider of independent investment research, has acquired a 40% stake in Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research and ratings. Michael Jantzi, CEO, Sustainalytics Morningstar ...

Australian Catholic University issues $200m Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... education, and we felt it had a very close alignment to the university mission and goals." ACU consulted and used Sustainalytics as a second opinion and KPMG to provide assurance over the program and use of proceeds, Jenkins said. Part of the money will ...

APRA hires lead for new team that will consider cyber-security risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... After all, AMP Capital is a regulated institution and we often get tests." Globally, independent research provider Sustainalytics cited data security as one of the ten big themes for 2017. Sustainalytics posited in January that "we expect 2017 to be ...

IRRCi report analyses ESG integration behaviour of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... developed a typology for classifying integration strategies. Doug Morrow, associate director of thematic research, Sustainalytics IRRCi commissioned Sustainalytics to develop How Investors Integrate ESG: A Typology of Approaches. The report is based ...