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Assessing ESG risk, opportunity through the legal lens: Corrs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... proper risk management, due diligence and reporting, or risk shareholder and employee activism, investor divestment and exclusion, the report notes, but integrating ESG considerations can also be a source of opportunity, said Corrs head of business and ...

Boards have responsibility to manage ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... and fail to recognise the far-reaching impact of their decisions by focusing on maximising shareholder value to the exclusion of other stakeholders, said Cranlana Centre CEO Vanessa Pigrum. "There has been a growing awareness on the part of board directors ...

New ethical fund appoints Equity Trustees as RE

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The Haven Wealth Partners Ethical Absolute Return Fund is a value-focused ethical absolute return fund, which applies positive and negative screens to its investments in companies that are aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Haven Wealth ...

Cultural factors influence ESG approaches: Morgan Stanley Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... funds in Australia have resources to hire ESG expertise," Bottega said. "They have a heritage of being early on tobacco exclusion, early on gender diversity, and we love to talk to Australian consultants because they routinely flag issues that we will ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... said. "As such, all institutions should have in place an appropriate governance process to approve the inclusion or exclusion of climate risks in their overall risk management framework." The report recommends four key actions: adjust risk appetite towards ...

ASIC reviewing greenwashing in financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
ASIC is reviewing whether sustainability labelled super funds and managed fund are as they claim to be, with the aim of establishing how much greenwashing is present in the Australian market. Currently, there is no regulated definition of ESG, sustainability/green/responsible ...

KiwiSaver exclusions not necessarily a performance drag: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... excluded and the relatively small total number of excluded companies combine to mean that the application of the KiwiSaver exclusion policies need not hurt beneficiary returns, and indeed may contribute to better performance in the longer term." When ...

War, vice and climate: assessing investors ethical stands

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... screening, said Klassen. The issue of human rights was a strong concern for many groups. More than 50% of two groups made an exclusion because of human rights concerns. Human rights issues include the lack of women on boards and in senior management ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
The $59 billion Rest industry super fund has launched its responsible investment option. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, Rest's 1.7 million members will now have access to 'Sustainable Growth', the fund's first ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... doubts about their capacity to implement the green bond framework," Sheng said. "Then we have another big source of exclusion - basically, those transactions that do not make our criteria because they don't meet with the four principles articulated within ...