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Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... issues of capacity, resilience and interdependency to the forefront of engagements with companies, according to governance research and engagement firm Regnan. Alison Ewings, engagement program manager, Regnan Regnan has released its a nnual engagement ...

ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies lack tax transparency: PWYP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... key transparency measures" on disclosing payments to governments in countries in which they operate, according to new research from Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia. Robyn Parkin, sustainability and advocacy, Ethical Partners Funds Management There ...

ESG integration policy brings consistency, innovation: JPMAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... policy statement, the sustainable investing team will focus on building their proprietary ESG scoring system, thematic research and analytics, with a key focus on climate change and carbon transition. The Sustainable Investing team collaborated with ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... progress in their investments. This ties the portfolio-level theory of change to the themes of the investments, backed by research and evidence, Unnithan said. "As we continue our work, we thought it would be appropriate to contextualise the work in ...

UK pension fund to divest half its portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... managers to make progress against set benchmarks - incumbent managers will have three years to do so. "We will continue to research the impact of climate change on asset-class risks and returns. This includes running scenario analyses as recommended ...

Majority of asset owners identify ESG importance: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... time," the fund found. European investors lead the world when it comes to a focus on ESG investing. Of all the regions our research has shown that European investors, particularly those in Northern European countries, are most likely to embrace ESG integration ...

State Street Global Advisors to list new ESG ETF on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... that a company's social, political or environmental impact always or sometimes influences their decisions to invest. The research shows that in Australia, 64% of investors want financial advisers to offer them advice on how they can invest through ESG. ...

BetaShares launches currency-hedged version of ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... ETHI, the unhedged version of the strategy, is the largest ethical ETF on the ASX, with more than $650 million in assets. Research released by Rainmaker earlier this week found that the assets under management for ESG-themed exchange traded products ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... companies linking executive compensation to climate-related activities. Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia and New Zealand research, ISS A recent ISS ESG analysis that looks at the number of environmental and social metrics appearing in short-term and ...

Research project to study sustainable forestry in East Arnhem

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
A new research project led by Developing East Arnhem Limited (DEAL) is investigating potential commercial Indigenous forestry and support traditional owners to "facilitate a sustainable forest-based livelihood." Workers at the Gumatj Aboriginal Corporation ...