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Family offices see ESG as part of fiduciary duty: Ocorian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... heavy influence from younger generations bringing in new ideas and values which increasingly align with sustainable investing principles." Ocorian commissioned independent research company PureProfile to interview 134 family office investment managers ...

Super fund survey finds strong demand for sustainable super

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... ART head of sustainable investment Nicole Bradford said the data indicates that a focus on ESG factors and sustainable investing in general is now increasingly important for members of super funds. The ART YouGov survey of over 2000 Australians found ...

Robeco defines key business sustainability impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... important element of the EU's Sustainable Finance Action Plan and is an important part of our approach to sustainable investing," Robeco said. "Double materiality considers a company's operations from two perspectives: 1. Financial materiality: how society ...

Podcast: Is stewardship a sword or a shield for investors - Pablo Berrutti

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors Senior Investment Specialist Pablo Berrutti joins the podast to talk about sustainable investing, what is stewardship and how his passion for sustainable investing led him to found Altiorem, a not-for-profit library and resource centre ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... five global asset managers - BlackRock, Vanguard and SSGA - uncovered that despite public commitments to sustainable investing, their sustainability funds consistently opposed biodiversity proposals 80-100% of the time Notably, none of these asset managers ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Head of ESG and sustainable investing at American Century Investments, Sarah Bratton Hughes, says the market is moving away from best in class, and towards best in progress, at a time when emissions are at an all-time high. The US-based ESG leader says ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Another investment manager that monitors supply chains of companies it invests in is Robeco. Robeco senior sustainable investing specialist, Ghislaine Nadaud, said that modern slavery and human rights is one of the company's key themes for engagement ...

Modern slavery, just transition, tax key themes: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... ensure sufficient coverage by scheduling the opening and closing of themes on a quarterly basis," Robeco's sustainable investing specialist Laura Bosch Ferreté said. "Every year we will be closing off themes that reached the three-year milestone while ...

Podcast: Decarbonisation and the EMUs - Julie Moret

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... utilities companies) are a focus area for decarbonisation. Julie joined NTAM in 2021 and oversees the firm's sustainable investing and global engagement policies, foster research and product development agendas, advance portfolio integration across ...

Podcast: Stewardship and ESG Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
This episode features Fidelity International's head of Sustainable Investing Australia, Daniela Jaramillo, who manages the global fund manager's stewardship activities in Australia. We talk about what investment stewardship looks like, and how she implements ...