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Calculating the value of green transitions: UBS AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... benchmark. However, today's data is backward looking, at least a year lagged. And there is also a real gap between the environmental and financial analysis from an investment perspective. This framework tries to solve for both of those problems." The ...

Extreme weather, human rights intensifying ESG focus: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The impacts of environmental and social crises such as extreme weather events and human rights in the supply chain are intensifying the engagement on ESG topics with companies, according to Janus Henderson. Pointing to current weather crises such as ...

CEFC, CBA finance plastic recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank will finance a plastics recycling facility, its first commitment under the Australian Recycling Investment Fund. The CEFC will commit up to $16.5 million in debt finance to a new polyethylene ...

Regulation needs to keep up with the rise of ethical investing: Hejaz Financial Services

HAKAN OZYON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... 'ethical' or 'socially responsible'. Ethical investments commonly focus on clients wanting to address environmental concerns or actively avoid certain investments which carry substantial environmental risk. As is the case with everyday ...

Global fund manager evolving approaches to ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... industry associations, the fund manager said. Moret joined NTAM from Franklin Templeton, where she was global head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). Moret defines her key priorities as working across the investment practices to evolve existing ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... from his appointment as the chancellor of University of Newcastle last week, a position he was named to on June 4. Environmental activist group Market Forces last week launched an online campaign organising Hostplus members to sign a petition calling ...

Tracking ESG impact in emerging markets improving: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... the company's impact; it's also about engagement and understanding how the company addresses material social or environmental issues and how they manage corporate governance." The Emerging Markets Sustainable Impact Fund holds approximately 65 companies ...

A little more conversation and a lot more action

PIERRE LENDERS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
There's a lot of talk about the importance of environmental, social and governance issues in investment decisions, but is there sufficient action? And if there is, what does that action look like, and can it deliver on performance as well as moral objectives? ...

Investors outline roadmap for mandatory climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... disclosure to ensure their financial systems are resilient to climate change," said CDP CEO Paul Simpson. "The CDP environmental disclosure mechanism, fully aligned with the TCFD, has shown that disclosing entities recognize climate risk as a financial ...

Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... financial returns for members," said chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson. "Kim's wealth of expertise across environmental, social and corporate governance will support HESTA to continue its important work." HESTA led recent global investor ...