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Emerald Wrap, Impact 20/80 form impact investing partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... there's also a lot of timing and aligning when it comes to people transitioning their investments. We don't talk about divestment, we don't talk about being activists, we talk about choice and we talk about people aligning their investments with their ...

Super funds on ESG engagement at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... often in the position of owning a broad contingent of the ASX index, including companies with ESG risks and exposures, divestment is often the last resort, and engagement is a tool for interacting with companies. But Blicavs also pointed out that there ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... climate change, around disclosure, lending and carbon asset risk. LGS has also "amplified" its ESG approach through divestment in high carbon shares and investment in low carbon investments. "As a result of introducing a new exclusion on coal mining ...

Impact investing key trend for 2016: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... corporates and investors. They were showing policymakers that they seriously wanted an improved regulatory landscape." While divestment will continue to play a role in 2016, AXA IM believes that engagement around environmental and social issues will ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... spread, and there will be further developments in investment around environmental and social issues, both in terms of divestment and in terms of positive investments such as within the impact investing space. Sustainability issues are on the agenda of ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... divesting from companies that they feel do not meet their criteria for human rights and ethical treatment, such as their divestment this year from Transfield, now Broadspectrum, over the company's contract with the federal government to provide welfare ...

The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... changes are trading at a discount at the market, but said it could see that happening in the future. BlackRock notes that divestment is one solution to mitigate these potential risks, but also said that engagement with companies that are heavy carbon ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... treaties and conventions as means to assess companies' risks as subjects for engagement and further action such as divestment. Legal experts told The Sustainability Report that human rights risks must be considered by superannuation fund trustees as ...

Demand for ethical products strong: Ethical Advisers' Co-Op

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... work with some of those groups, or they'll invite us to their functions or do joint functions. We've done events like divestment forums where, we're involved from that inside knowledge about superannuation and financial services and how things tick ...

Investors consider corporate pay links to climate change goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... something that institutional investors are thinking about, are aware of as a relevant strategy, or an alternative to divestment where meaningful activity can be taken," said Alison George, ESG engagement manager at Regnan. "This is not particularly relevant ...