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Women make strides on ASX300 boards, but cultural diversity lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... for an ASX 300 board is around 19 years. The youngest director is 27 and the oldest is 89. Women tend hold more higher education degrees compared to men - 8.4% of female board members have a PhD compared to 5% of males. And 22.1% females have an MBA ...

ASI launches APAC sustainability institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... investments and undertake active ownership activities," and will also develop more best-practice sustainability training and education for investors and distributors, deliver deeper Asia-centric ESG insights and "build a wider array of innovative sustainable ...

Pengana Capital reports positive impacts of equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... recovering, 4 tonnes of waste material, providing healthcare treatment for 27 people, or providing 18 days of tertiary education for each $100,000 increment. In that same period, the fund returned 13.7% compared to the benchmark MSCI World Total Return ...

Governance Institute taps former ASFA CEO for role as chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Institute's voard, its CEO Megan Motto and its members. "We will be even more member focused, continue to enhance our education offerings and be an even stronger voice on broader governance issues," Vamos said. "As governance professionals we play a ...

Leading fund manager scales ESG presence in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... an Asian sustainable equity strategy in 2020. At the same time, Robeco also announced plans to scale up existing ESG education and training activities in Singapore. Robeco has launched e-learning modules under Robeco Essentials since October 2018 and ...

Royal Adelaide Hospital locks in $2bn social, green loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... managing director sustainable finance and ESG Charles Davis. "It additionally met the principles as it provides access to education services as the state's largest accredited teaching hospital." A sustainability loan is a type of finance overlay ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Adam Verwey. "Credit and debt aren't bad," Verwey said. "Debt can help pay for essential items, buy a house, pay for education, and even within our impact investing portfolio, we provide debt through microfinance, helping people get out of poverty, or ...

Tracking ESG impact in emerging markets improving: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... further challenge, Ribeiro said. "We can see improvement, but we must also be able to quantify the impact," she said. "Education is a great example - I can look at an education provider and immediately assess the company's impact when servicing the low ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... respond to workplace sexual harassment and setting gender equality targets. "All corporate board directors should undergo education and training on good governance and sexual harassment response and prevention, and it's important that this education ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management augments APAC sustainability team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... the growth of JPMAM's sustainable investing capabilities, including contributing to product development and investor education initiatives. Shimada is currently working for J.P. Morgan Asset Management in London as a EMEA sustainable investing strategist ...