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Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical, Nationwide Super, Active Super and Aware Super have the best performing ESG investment options over three years, according to the latest data from Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information executive director of research Aman Ramrakha ...

Meta fact-checking move unsettles ethical investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... has created a dilemma for responsible investors. While U Ethical and other fund managers exclude the social media giant for ESG non-compliance, others - including Vanguard, Dimensional, and Australian Ethical - do not. In fact, ESG funds which are top ...

High ESG score? More likely to greenwash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
ESG scores do not reflect a company's true environmental impact - in fact, there is a positive correlation between high ESG scores and greenwashing. Companies with high ESG scores are more likely to greenwash - particularly large ones, new research ...

Apollo scoops up Argo Infrastructure Partners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... responsible investing. Among its assets is TierPoint, an operator of data centers in the US. Under the deal, Argo - which integrates ESG best practice into its investment decisions - will join Apollo's Sustainability and Infrastructure group. Upon ...

Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... which recently abandoned its requirement for members to target net zero. Despite the exodus, most fund managers still offer ESG products and solutions, Rainmaker Group executive director of research Aman Ramrakha said. "The tide has turned whereas it ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
APAC financials, energy, and materials firms are most likely to link ESG metrics to executive incentive plans. Across the top 400 APAC firms, 193 disclosed their executive incentive metrics. Three-quarters (74%) used ESG metrics. Australian companies ...

GFANZ pivots amid climate alliance shake-up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... in-house team. However, an ongoing exodus from multiple climate groups has been posited as being due to the politicisation of ESG and pressure from politicians in the US. Aman Ramrakha, executive director of research at Rainmaker Group, said fund managers ...

Green careers in silent crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... organisation is taking some steps it may also be contributing to greenwashing. Australia not exempt Simon Gvalda, manager of ESG and responsible investment at Kaizen Recruitment, said the UK findings echo his Australian clients' experiences. "People ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... according to recruiter Talent Nation. The recruitment firm saw a hiring blitz in the back half of the final quarter of 2024 as ESG teams prepare for mandatory disclosures - and we can expect more big names to move in the coming months. CEO Richard Evans ...

Podcast: Investing in PFAS solutions with Georgia Hall

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... level of exposure for the population - a level which is considered unsafe by US standards. Georgia Hall is the London-based ESG and investment director, global listed infrastructure, with Maple-Brown Abbot. The boutique investment manager recently put ...