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Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... superior talent and progresses Regnan's plans to become a global leader in providing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment strategies and solutions to clients," said Emilio Gonzalez, group chief executive officer of Pendal Group. ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Berman a Leader, a designation awarded to fewer than 1% of investment firms for excellence in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The PRI also awarded Neuberger Berman an A+ in every eligible category for their approach to ESG integration ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... company level, as well as comparability across sectors and geographic regions. Aviva Investors also have an internal governance process that determines how to escalate action against companies that are not progressing towards setting and implementing ...

Social premium on the rise: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... proprietary research methodology for ESG ranking, which has been in operation since 2014, Grant noted. "What we find is that governance is actually being rewarded and that the companies that get it wrong tend to underperform," he said. "That phenomenon ...

CGI Glass Lewis makes appointments for Australia, APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... in a variety of service, relationship management, and sales roles at CGI, which is a provider of independent global governance solutions. Soosur will report to Dan Concannon, Glass Lewis' chief commercial officer. "Stanley and Philip's extensive industry ...

Rio leadership overhaul aimed at restoring trust, license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... at Juukan Gorge. Shareholders and stakeholders noted the moves have to be grounded in a wider change to culture and governance through implementation. Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm has appointed a permanent chief executive of Rio Tinto's ...

Financial institutions at risk from bot attacks: Imperva

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... crime and fraud, can be used to discover account login information. Protecting account and client information is a governance matter and has to be grounded in the understanding that data is an important asset for financial services companies, said Stuart ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... valuations. "Over the course of 2020, we have seen how purposeful companies, with better environmental, social, and governance (ESG) profiles, have outperformed their peers," Fink said. "During 2020, 81% of a globally-representative selection of sustainable ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... he said. "We will work with all the same investor expectations we have towards companies in terms of requiring good governance, good climate action and good disclosure. But what we call enhanced is that first of all, the targets will be firmly linked ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into emerging markets portfolios can assist investors in finding companies that outperform their peers. However, they also present ...