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ESG factors continue to outperform: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Companies that have stronger performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics have continued to outperform their peers through 2020, according to Fidelity International. During the market crash in early 2020, Fidelity's research ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... stakeholders, and how those insights align with long-term value creation and integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts and dependencies within the overall governance structure. The survey is global, but Australian companies - ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Forty percent of hedge funds integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in their investment process. BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) surveyed 53 hedge funds with combined assets under management of over ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... opening the door for more businesses to invest in the future of the reef as part of their environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies. They are modelled after carbon offset markets and carbon credits, and the scheme pays landholders for improved ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Aware Super's head of responsible investments. "Our members are increasingly telling us that environmental, social and governance issues are extremely important to them," McDonald said. "Nearly 80% of our members have told us that responsible investing ...

Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Vanguard Australia has launched an Australian shares environmental, social and governance (ESG) fund and exchange traded fund (ETF), expanding its Ethically Conscious range. The Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares Fund and ETF (ASX:VETH) ...

Green loans in "nascent" stage: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainability linked loans are the next stage in financing to help companies promote their environmental, social and governance strategies," said Christina Tonkin, managing director, corporate finance, ANZ. "These emerging loan formats are part of an ...

PRI recgonises leaders for climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... and the analysis informs fund activities in a number of ways, said Jonathan Bailey, head of environmental, social and governance investing. "The first thing we use is for is as a risk monitoring tool," Bailey said. "We run all the portfolios through ...

Governance key concern for AGM season: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... institutional investors and fee-based advice firms. The fund manager has long integrated environmental, social and governance considerations into its investment processes, having launched its first sustainability strategy in 2006. Governance remains ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Stocks with higher environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores have outperformed companies with lower ESG scores, according to Bank of America. Good ESG companies typically have better return on equity, lower earnings volatility and lower share ...