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ASX boards need to "quickly evolve" on ESG skills: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... financial performance, and Melior also believes that periodic refreshment of board membership is crucial to ensure the inclusion of relevant skills. Melior cited skills in areas such as finance and audit, sector expertise, cybersecurity, customer and ...

Igneo sets 2023 climate targets for infrastructure companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... standard reporting; environmental performance, covering emissions targets and emissions reporting; diversity, equity and inclusion, which focuses on setting diversity priorities and representation reporting; governance, which includes independent board ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... companies. Key themes of engagement with companies include the net zero transition, cyber security, and diversity and inclusion. The survey also found a growing appetite for divestment away from carbon intensive assets. "Seven to nine percent of portfolios ...

Hejaz Financial Services predicts $100m growth in 2022

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... with Sharia scholars on how the products comply with faith-based standards as well. "We are screening investments for inclusion and exclusion, and we have to apply various Islamic screens across portfolios, which means we have more analysts who are mandated ...

American Century outlines 2022 sustainability priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... what turnover is costing companies, particularly those companies that have issues around empowerment, diversity and inclusion as well as lack of clear advancement. What we're seeing in those industries is excessive turnover - the numbers are shocking ...

Robeco outlines four themes for 2022 engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... global companies most exposed to biodiversity risk. The third issue Robeco has identified for 2022 is diversity and inclusion. "We are looking at a broad set of indicators within companies - advancing diversity, given that ultimately diversity of thought ...

Franklin Templeton hires CalPERS exec for new global head of sustainability role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... of investors' role in driving progress on sustainable investing, including important areas like diversity, equity and inclusion, to foster shared prosperity," Simpson said. At CalPERS, Simpson was a member of the investment management committee and has ...

ASX companies in SSGA's sights over climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... disclose their EEO-1 reports. "We will continue to encourage boards to have effective oversight of diversity, equity, and inclusion more broadly, beyond the board," Taraporevala said. "...With human capital management now widely seen as both a risk and ...

Decarbonisation a key megatrend in private markets: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... BlackRock said in its outlook. "For example, we think impact investments in under-explored themes such as financial inclusion can potentially tap new sources of alpha across private asset classes." BlackRock highlighted investments in food security via ...

2021 theme in review: human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... beyond just modern slavery and intersects with other key ESG issues, including climate risk and diversity, equity and inclusion. Integrating the concepts of the "just transition" should become part of investors' decarbonisation strategies, according ...