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Leading Harvest to bring ag sustainability standard to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... and affiliate members Accounting for Nature and Kilter Rural. "If you look at the demand for sustainability assurance and ESG assurance in capital markets and consumer market, it's never been greater than it is now, and those trends are only accelerating," ...

Super funds react to Rio report into bullying, sexism, racism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... acknowledging these issues is of course a critical step towards addressing them, and the engagement of major investors on ESG issues has been one of the catalysts for companies to start fully appreciating the importance of workplace culture," Stewart ...

HESTA's former head of impact launches consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
HESTA's former head of impact has launched her own consultancy, focusing on authentic ESG decisions by companies and investors. Mary Delahunty stepped down from her role at the $66 billion super fund to launch Seven Advisory, which will work around ...

American Century outlines 2022 sustainability priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... circular economy are key engagement issues in 2022 for fund manager American Century Investments. In developing the long-term ESG themes that will impact on economies and investment portfolios, American Century looked at issues that will have a seven ...

Baker McKenzie hires special counsel from industry super fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Baker McKenzie has hired the former head of legal advisory from an industry super fund to bolster its service - including ESG advisory - to super funds. Thalia Dardamanis joins Baker McKenzie as special counsel. She comes to the law firm from UniSuper ...

Plato Investment Management launches net zero hedge fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... the strategy gains a unique edge from Plato's established propriety quantitative systems, along with the integration of new ESG data points. "Importantly the strategy is underpinned by Plato's proprietary quantitative systems which have been delivering ...

PGIM creates global head of ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
PGIM has created the role of global head of ESG and appointed Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson to the role. Unanyants-Jackson is based in London and reports to PGIM chief operation officer Taimur Hyat. She will be responsible for shaping and coordinating ESG ...

YFYS, tracking error a challenge to ESG adoption: Parametric

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Integrating ESG investing into a superannuation portfolio can increase tracking error, raising concerns that ESG could lead super funds to negative outcome against the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test. However, Global implementation specialist ...

ESG adds performance boost to equity funds: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Applying ESG techniques to equity strategies can enhance performance, but the performance premium differs between domestic Australian versus international equities, according to research from Rainmaker Information. In the latest Wholesale Advantage ...

Using data, reporting to fill in the steps to net zero 2050: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... going to be a straight line." To that end, Northern Trust have launched the Climate Focus Report, part of Northern Trust's ESG Insights suite of reporting solutions. The information is intended to allow institutional investors to assess key climate change ...