| | One industry superannuation fund's ESG option has posted an impressive 34% return over the past year to the end of August, vastly outperforming other fund's ESG options and even outperforming other ESG options within the same super fund. |
| | | Greenhouse gas emissions and worker rights/modern slavery are the two most important areas of ESG focus for Australian listed companies in the near future, according to new research from Perennial Value Management. |
| | | BlackRock has increased its engagement by nearly half this year, and increased the number of votes against directors in invested companies, according to its 2020 BlackRock Investment Stewardship (BIS) report. |
| | | Robo-adviser Stockspot's sustainable investing option has attracted close to 20% of new client inflows since launching in July. |
| | | Wirecard, the German payments company, filed for insolvency on 25 June 2020 after the group revealed over-indebtedness and reported incidences of fraud. Having issued an investment grade bond in September 2019 at a yield of around 0.5%, in less than ... |
| | | Reimaging capitalism and reengaging with climate risk are two of the broad themes that will affect financial markets over the next five years, according to Northern Trust. |
| | | Stocks with higher environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores have outperformed companies with lower ESG scores, according to Bank of America. |
| | | As Australian super funds build a reputation as strong advocates for climate change action, disturbing events in the US should make the industry grateful that the regulator, APRA, is party to the cause. |
| | | Superannuation funds' efforts to address climate change risks are accelerating in Australia, according to a report examining the 20 largest funds. |
| | | The federal government will extend a fresh $1.62 billion to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to invest, and will change the legislative remit of ARENA and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) towards investing in carbon capture and ... |
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| WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE Note: This piece was contributed by Warwick Peel of IdeaScale and Gordon Noble of GNBK, and solely reflect the writers' opinions. | SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON Note: This piece was contributed by Jacki Johnson and Simon O'Connor, co-chairs of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative and solely reflect the writers' opinions. | | RACHEL ALEMBAKIS Companies' social license to operate and wider stakeholder concerns are core governance considerations during this AGM season in Australia. | RACHEL ALEMBAKIS Editorial note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) information into high yield strategies can augment risk analysis, although there are challenges in finding information about private sector issuers. |
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