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Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... legislation wouldn't require us to do so." Concerns over the impact of greater indebtedness and financial hardship fall under ESG and ethical considerations for some investors, who have divested from listed BNPL providers or screened them out proactively. ...

Tracking ESG impact in emerging markets improving: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Companies in emerging markets are moving up the curve on integrating ESG information quickly, but disclosing material ESG risks is still a challenge, according to American Century investments. All emerging market equity funds at American Century integrate ...

A little more conversation and a lot more action

PIERRE LENDERS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... According to the latest MSCI 2021 Global Institutional Investor survey, around 79% of investors in the APAC region increased their ESG investments while 57% said they expect to have "completely" or "to a large extent" incorporated ESG issues into their ...

IOSCO calls for comparable, reliable ESG reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... consistent and comparable information on climate-related matters and then turn to developing standards that address other ESG topics. IOSCO also calls on ISSB to develop a "building blocks" approach that would facilitate flexibility with complementary ...

Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... investment strategy and broader impact ambitions, HESTA said. Farrant comes to HESTA from Hostplus, where she was head of ESG from February 2020 until June. Prior to that, she was portfolio manager, responsible investments at VicSuper. Before moving ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... role as CEO of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), she still had to explain in presentations that ESG wasn't merely a "tree-hugging side issue," rather than the role it occupies now - a mainstream investment consideration ...

IFM Investors hires responsible investment associate director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... responsible investment. Kopczynski comes to IFM from Janus Henderson, where he worked as associate portfolio manager - credit and ESG and as credit analyst. Prior to that, he worked for Perennial Investment as credit analyst and quantitative analyst ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... see us play our part in stemming human-induced climate change." The target builds off of the fund's existing work around ESG integration, including having previously screened out thermal coal, tobacco and controversial weapons, Squires told FS Sustainability ...

ASX company signs $1.5bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... link to the "Ramsay Cares" strategy sets meaningful targets that will take ambition to achieve, said Jonathan Drew, Head of ESG Solutions, Global Banking at HSBC "We sat down with the client to consider what are the right metrics, how to define them ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... "Wesfarmers wants to demonstrate to the market that it operates sustainability across the business, with regards to how we treat ESG issues," Flutter said. "Going forward we will look to link our financing to sustainability issues and hopefully it becomes ...