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Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... at least 2% annually, across its 30 million sq ft of U.S. real estate portfolio. It was subsequently named to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) 2020 Leaders' Group for its strong climate reporting. All Nuveen investment professionals ...

Guide to assist financial sector in Modern Slavery risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... grounded in a risk-based approach, Brodie said. "A risked-based company response should be based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights, where you seek to understand and ultimately manage human rights risks and you focus on the risks ...

Climate Action 100+ aviation engagement takes off

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... developed to help investors "push for greater ambition from focus companies." The strategy has been developed by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), and consists of recommended investor expectations to guide engagements with aviation companies ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... on transition bonds. Insight is a member of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), which has developed principles for categories of impact bonds including the Green Bond Principles and the Social Bond Principles. Insight uses the ICMA guidelines ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... intention, and contribution to the growth of the industry. GIIN has a listed equities working group that applies those principles to the public market sector. Q&A with Hari Balkrishna, Portfolio Manager for the upcoming Global Impact Strategy in the ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... filters. Growth stocks, on the other hand, are dominated by tech stocks that are acceptable to ESG portfolio construction principles." Further, Rainmaker's research shows that the superannuation funds whose home funds were ESG signatories heavily ...

MUFG Bank structures $333 million green financing deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... first time that a project loan in India has been certified using guidelines aligned with the LMA / APLMA Green Loan Principles, a globally-recognised framework designed for participants in the sustainability financing market to consistently certify ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... one example of good practice is the required assessment of FPIC implementation for major projects financed by Equator Principles banks. So while we're not looking at new territory, there's an urgent need to ensure the principles of FPIC are applied across ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... covering loan, finance, insurance and investment activities. Definitions and terms will also have to be balanced between principles based and overly proscriptive. "Any taxonomy that's going to be useful is going to have to be a living document, because ...

Climate Action 100+ adds companies to engagement list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... transition to a net-zero future," said Fiona Reynolds, Climate Action 100+ vice chair and chief executive officer of the Principles for Responsible Investment. "Along with governments, the private sector - investors and business -have a key role to play ...