Search Results

Showing 891 - 900 of 1966 results for "Social"

Climate change, SDG impacts of US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... relations, but Petersen also noted that the language deployed by Biden around economics, environmental justice, and wider social justice issues is aiming towards a more systems-level capacity building. "What does that mean for business" Petersen said. ...

Real asset investments as vehicle for return, positive impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Investing in real assets that have positive social and/or environmental impacts means investors gain more than a source of return that is non-correlated to other asset classes. During a recent webinar sponsored by Channel Capital, Matthew Tominc, CIO ...

Understanding Impact Investment

MATTHEW TOMINC  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... activities. At Conscious Investment Management, we define it as an investment that is made to generate positive and measurable social and environ-mental outcomes, alongside a market standard financial risk adjusted return. A couple of points here deserve ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... the next package is in the air. There are no predictions of a European style Green Deal stimulus, but environmental and social considerations could be built into whatever the next US stimulus package looks like. "Sizable stimulus-with funding for the ...

ESG factors continue to outperform: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Companies that have stronger performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics have continued to outperform their peers through 2020, according to Fidelity International. During the market crash in early 2020, Fidelity's research ...

Credit strategy links financial return to social, environmental impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
As investor demand for funds that demonstrate positive social and environmental impacts as well as financial returns increase, a recently launched impact credit strategy managed by Regnan is outperforming its benchmark. In late January of this year ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... connect with stakeholders, and how those insights align with long-term value creation and integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts and dependencies within the overall governance structure. The survey is global, but Australian ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Forty percent of hedge funds integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in their investment process. BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) surveyed 53 hedge funds with combined assets under management of over ...

ESG ETP market continues to grow: Zenith

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... objective - both measurable and reportable"; and impact, which targets investments aimed at generating a positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. These categories have extended to the ETPs that Zenith evaluates ...

Fashion industry shows action, gaps in ethical sourcing: Baptist World Aid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
More than 70% of global fashion brands around the world could demonstrate at "at least some deliberate positive action" to support vulnerable workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the pandemic also exposed areas needing "vast improvement", according ...