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Fidelity International launches Sustainable Water and Waste Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... opportunities within the water and waste management sectors, while delivering "strong risk adjusted returns across the cycle by investing globally in companies involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of products and services in connection with the ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... opportunistically shift into market segments that are being repriced, " Birgden said. "We never push the line that ESG-driven investing in the short term has been resilient through COVID-19 without adding the subsequent point that that ESG investing ...

Future Super measures environmental impact of portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... silver linings from the impact of COVID-19 is that that the turbulence in markets has highlighted how important ethical investing is," Hunter said. "... It is a direct correlation between the ethical screens we apply and the result we've been able to ...

Ex-Rosenberg Equities executives launch Radiant ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The former CEO and head of sustainable investing at Rosenberg Equities have launched a new platform specialising in ESG-anchored portfolios and research for institutional investors and wealth managers. Heidi Ridley (l) and Kathryn McDonald (r), co-founders ...

Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... asset-based investments that "contribute to the advancement of humanity, forge community engagement, and cement responsible investing as an accessible option for all Australians," according to Talal Yassine, managing director of Crescent Wealth. "Crescent ...

CEFC invests $1.7 million in Australian agritech company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing $1.7 million in an Australian biotechnology company in the agritech sector. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The Soil Carbon Company (SCC) is "developing a microbial treatment ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... additionality, is not only a more thoughtful scoring methodology based on what investors are looking for when they're investing in a security," Wallace said. "R-Factor is leveraging globally accepted and transparent standards, SASB (the Sustainability ...

EdTech sector shows investment, impact opportunities: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... parts of the educational journey," Gifford said. There are strong implications for seeing EdTech as an area of impact investing - access to quality education is the fourth of 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and SDG 4 focuses on ensuring inclusive ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... at the University of NSW and has completed a number of post-graduate industry courses on climate change risk, impact investing and sustainability including from the CFA Institute and the United Nations University. Pradhananga joins the firm from Allan ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... and executing our ESG strategy since 2011 and Emma will continue to develop and maintain our commitment to responsible investing. She will be focusing on the firm's ESG policies and the application of this within the Australian and Asian equities strategy ...