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Cbus names new head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has promoted a new head of responsible leadership from within. Ros McKay has been appointed as head of responsible investment and will join Cbus' investment leadership team. In her new role, McKay will lead the evolution of Cbus' ...

Integrating ESG central to C-Suite considerations: Mazars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
Integrating ESG considerations is central to future-proofing long-term value creation in business, according to Asia Pacific-based C-Suite leaders. Audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars has released C-suite barometer: Time for action, which surveyed 1,000 ...

Clear link between ESG performance and shareholder return: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
There is a clear link between ESG performance and shareholder returns, according to Federated Hermes. However, the relationship between ESG and stronger return is non-linear, the global equities team has found. The performance doesn't come from ESG ...

No ESG drag seen in performance test results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
It is not apparent that MySuper funds that use ESG investing strategies are failing the MySuper performance test under the Your Future, Your Super legislation. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, five MySuper products have failed the ...

Sustainable packaging sector set to grow: Nanuk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
Changing consumer habits including increased uptake of ecommerce and a shift from plastic packaging towards alternatives like paper and cardboard means the sustainable packaging sector is set for accelerating growth, according to Nanuk Asset Management. ...

Defining financial, wellbeing impacts in housing: Kayne Anderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
A confluence of factors in the US multi-family rental housing market including a supply/demand imbalance, the need to upgrade aging residences including on grounds of energy efficiency, and the ability to improve overall health and wellbeing drive the ...

Minderoo Foundation, Illumina launch ocean biodiversity DNA project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Australian scientists will embark on a project to conserve Australia's rich marine biodiversity through genetic mapping via a partnership between the Minderoo Foundation and a global genome sequencing company. The Minderoo Foundation and Illumina have ...

Florida gov bans ESG from state pension investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the trustees of the US$253.1 billion State Board of Administration (SBA) have banned ESG from considerations of the state's fund management practices. DeSantis and the two other trustees of the SBA, state CFO Jimmy ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation turns 10

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's "green bank" has marked its first decade with lifetime investment commitments of $10.76 billion. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has catalysed a total $37.15 billion in investment over the decade in conjunction with institutional ...

Podcast: Democratising climate impact investing with Camille Socquet-Clerc

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, we speak with Camille Socquet-Clerc, founder of Bloom Impact, a new investment app offering retail investors access to climate-related impact investments. Fintech Bloom Impact offers access to a diversified growth ...