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Global digitalisation impacting environmental, social factors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... already aligned with the sustainable global economy. "Our process starts with, is the world a better place because of this company, as defined by ten sustainable development investment themes," Chamberlayne said.

Women near parity in 2021 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Women made up nearly half of listed ASX board appointments thus far in 2021, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). In January and February of this year, women accounted for 46.7% of ASX 200 board appointments and 52.3% of ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... way to do it, but eventually, we do need to see real world carbon reductions. "Unless that's part of investor and company strategies - real world carbon reductions - we risk this initiative not achieving what it sets out to achieve." Once a super ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Westpac has structured a $350 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) that ties the interest rate to how a company performs on social issues that are material to the company's performance. The three year loan to G8 Education, Australia's largest ...

Diversity, human rights, climate change lead agenda: ASI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... chains is a global issue, we have to tackle it from the top-down at the global level, as well as a bottom-up approach company by company," Welsh-Rose said. "We have two full time human right analysts sitting in the ESG investment team. They've been ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... head of ESG research at Ausbil. "That was one of the catalysts, but not the only one. Other catalysts include what drives company value, and how increasingly, company value comes from intangible drivers. Many are linked to the S in ESG." In its 2020 ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... investee companies, as well as track the changes over time. EISS Super can assess how the change in allocation into each company affects the overall risk profile of their portfolios. "We're committed to delivering solid long-term investment outcomes ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... absolute zero carbon across its global enterprise by 2040, which entails a commitment to no longer purchasing offsets. The company is working in collaboration with its supply chain and commercial real estate peers to move the industry towards absolute ...

Wholesale managed funds continue strong performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
The median ESG wholesale managed fund has returned 6.6% p.a. over the past three years, but the top ESG managed fund has shown nearly three times that return, according to research from Rainmaker Information. The Australian Ethical Emerging Companies ...

More women on ASX200 boards, but lag in CEO and chair roles: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... their plans to move to gender balanced boards. ACSI highlighted that Silver Lake Resources continues to be the only ASX200 company with no women directors, while 54 companies in the ASX200 have 40% or more women directors, with 124 boards in the ASX300 ...