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Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... fund's investment process and pointed to investments such as a 25-year holding in Indian financial services and banking company HDFC. HDFC provides a variety of financial services to people who are buying first time houses, or entering the middle ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Frydenberg earlier this week. "When [super fund trustees] talk about active ownership, we simply cannot go and talk to every company that we invest in about what they're doing on climate change and climate risk, so we outsource that investigation, analysis ...

First Sentier launches private debt strategy with renewable energy assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... the investor and did not identify the size of the investment. First Sentier is leveraging its relationship with parent company MUFG Bank, as part of the broader group-wide approach around ESG. "The relations we've built up with MUFG have allowed us to ...

AICD presses case for stakeholder role in governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... disconnected from stakeholder interests, according to a new guide to stakeholder engagement by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Because directors have a duty to act in the best interest of the corporation and have the discretion ...

Calculating value of biodiversity: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... such as land use, climate change, nitrogen deposit and others are most contributing to the negative impact of a given company or of a given portfolio. Even if the direct causality is sometimes hard to estimate, Companies operating within ecosystems that ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... while balancing social and economic considerations to which the U.S. is currently exposed," Mascotto said. Turning to company announcements within Australia, supermarket giant Coles has continued working towards its goal of being 100% powered by renewable ...

NZ climate disclosure legislation to affect Australian entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... requiring climate related disclosures, companies that are listed on both the ASX and NZX will adjust accordingly.A2 Milk Company, one company that is listed on both the ASX and NZX, said it would disclose to the standard of the NZ law and disclose that ...

ASX100 ESG underperformers in global manager's crosshairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... on their ESG performance as captured by SSGA's R-Factor scoring system. SSGA's R-Factor scoring system measures company performance on environmental, social and governance grounds. Started with the 2020 proxy season, SSGA increased engagement ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... to a 2020 study by the Bank for International Settlements that examined corporate issuance of green bonds to see if the company overall is reducing their emissions intensity. The study found that "overall, there is no strong evidence that green bond ...

BlackRock, Temasek form partnership to invest in decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... dedicated team recruited to source and undertake investments and manage its portfolio. Temasek is a Sinagpore-based investment company with a net portfolio value of US$214 billion as at 31 March 2020. Its three roles as an Investor, Institution and Steward ...