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Climate engagement escalation vital to responsible investing: Aviva Investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... resolutions, the report revealed. During the 2022 proxy season, Aviva Investors sanctioned 18 companies. "Our macro stewardship team has continued its campaign to reform the international financial architecture in order to mobilise private finance to ...

Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... make decisions... we have to work to bridge that gap of understanding," said UK Financial Reporting Council head of stewardship Claudia Chapman. In the UK they are not facing this problem, Chapman added, as most asset managers have clear policies where ...

ESG salaries revealed, talent shortage predicted as demand surges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... research, data analysis, quantitative skills, proxy voting, policy knowledge, ESG due diligence, engagement, advocacy, stewardship, specific or broad asset class experience, and specific industry experience. Candidates are struggling to find a role that ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Sustainability, new government legislation is set to come into force on a federal level by 2025 that will help enforce product stewardship for PV waste. There's also a big opportunity for investors to profit by helping unlock the value of circularity ...

Stewardship and greenwashing in spotlight at RI Australia 2023

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Greenwashing, investment stewardship and the maturation of the responsible investment sector will be key themes in the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) RI Australia 2023 conference. RI Australia 2023 will be in Melbourne May 10-11. ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... as ensuring supply chain transparency is an important part of Australia's 2018 Modern Slavery Act. The Marine Stewardship Council is an international non-profit on a mission to end overfishing that set voluntary standards for sustainable fishing ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... 2016, no Australian national PV recycling scheme has been agreed upon or industry partner identified. The Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence last year led a project to develop a product stewardship scheme - and found that an industry-led approach ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand institutional investors are concerned about real world investment impacts, active stewardship and how to decarbonize their portfolios, according to Northern Trust Asset Management's global head of sustainability and stewardship. ...

Podcast: Decarbonisation and the EMUs - Julie Moret

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
In this episode, we're joined by Northern Trust Asset Management's global head of sustainability and stewardship Julie Moret. Julie will explain how managing investors' capital is like good practice in camping (it involves returning it in a more sustainable ...

Global investors set net zero target, implementation lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... fund manager supports clients' plans. "Our net zero plan has three commitments - decarbonizing our own commitments, stewardship, accelerating the transition in countries where we invest, and a third one which is about promoting climate investing with ...