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Australian companies under "extreme pressure" over ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... change and the impact of the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the upcoming United Nations climate change conference (COP26), diversity and creating workplaces that reflect wider communities, and the impact of COVID-19 ...

Investment consultants launch net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... support the goal o global net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner. The initiative is endorsed by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign and supported by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). In addition to JANA and Frontier ...

Integrating ESG into securitised asset strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... based on its overall ESG profile, and mapping of the positively- and negatively-scored deals to the applicable United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), for consistent tracking and reporting of a portfolio's overall sustainability alignment. ...

Monetary Authority of Singapore hires chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... supply chain analysis and a Masters in business strategy, politics and environment, and was recently named as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Pioneer for the environmental initiatives she has spearheaded. McBain will report to Ho Hern Shin ...

Using the SDGs to develop sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework of targets that investors can use to implement sustainable investment outcomes. There is "deep momentum" to making investments towards companies and assets that support the ...

UniSuper updates progress on net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). SBTi is a partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is aimed at enabling ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
When Fiona Reynolds arrived in London nearly nine years ago to start in her new 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," ...

IFM Investors hires responsible investment associate director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... started his new role in late June. IFM Investors says that its responsible investment approach is aligned with the United Nations Global Compact and the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, to which IFM has been a signatory ...

Infrastructure manager joins Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
TRUE Infrastructure Management has joined the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). TRUE is a fund of fund manager that offers infrastructure investments to non-institutional investors via investing with two of Australia's ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... climate finance, and this is something we haven't seen developed countries engaging meaningfully within the [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] UNFCCC space," she said. "We need to start to see the dial turn on finance. You're ...