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IFM Investors creates head of sustainable investment role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... climate change and energy security," Nikulina said. "Maria's in-depth experience and technical knowledge of investment stewardship helps strengthen our broader sustainable investment team and will support our clients in achieving their investment objectives." ...

Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... daunting challenge that impedes regulatory compliance. Insight Investment takes an integrated approach to ESG and stewardship factors, outlined in its Responsible Stewardship Report. McNeil underscores the crucial links between ESG considerations and ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... has been around misleading and deceptive claims and credentials around investments, but noted that statements about stewardship are not exempt from consideration. "In our conversations with stakeholders and listening to all of you today, we recognise ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... and products. "Anyone with any investment needs to be thinking about this," Banks commented. Amanda Richman, ethical stewardship lead at Australian Ethical Investment said Nature Action 100+ global investor engagement initiative will further address ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... economy," she said. She said investors increasingly see positively influencing economic and social policy as part of stewardship and as a way to maximise value, adding RIAA's First Nations People's Rights Working Group is "well attended" and ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... finance role at Norton Rose Fulbright. The ESG expert is being promoted out of his current role as global head of stewardship and sustainable investing, based in Singapore. Tan will oversee sustainable investing and corporate sustainability across corporate ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... ongoing monitoring of the index constituents for the purposes of general investment management activities as well as stewardship activities. "Unsurprisingly, we've found over the years that managers of index strategies vary widely in sophistication ...

AustralianSuper grows global team with numerous hires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Sujay Shah has taken on the role of head of internal government portfolios; Deborah Gilshan is the head of ESG and stewardship for Europe; William Manfield is the new head of group risk, international; meanwhile Amanda Mitchell has been appointed as ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... in 2022. InfluenceMap scored the world's 45 largest asset management companies based on equity portfolio analysis, stewardship of investee companies, and sustainable finance policy engagement. The study, 2023 Asset Managers and Climate Change, found ...

Voting on climate crucial during AGM season: Amundi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... a clear theme for shareholder proposals for AGMs in 2023, according to Europe's largest asset manager. Amundi said stewardship through engagement and voting is key to a responsible investment approach during an AGM voting season that sees ESG emerging ...