ESG

New Zealand could set to be the first country to require major financial institutions and financial market participants to assess and report...

One of the world’s largest investment banks has announced that its US$2.6 trillion global wealth management business will now prioritise s...

An Australian investment manager has called laws around modern slavery a “race to the top” across the industry and various governments, ...

More than three-quarters (78 per cent) of strategists and affiliated managers with the multinational investment bank have predicted a Biden ...

Consideration of environmental, social and governance factors has been slated as the bare minimum for good industry practice by a responsibl...

The gap between ESG scores and sustainability is making it harder for investors concerned about the impact their investments are having on t...

New research has found that institutional investors overreact to bad ESG news, causing “wild fluctuations to the share market”. ...

Global association CFA Institute, has invited feedback on its draft ESG disclosure standards for investment products, in an effort to addres...

Promethos Capital, a Boston-based ESG specialist, has expanded to the Australian and New Zealand markets with local third-party distribution...

Australian institutional investors have called for reforms to climate risk disclosure from companies, including the reporting of links betwe...

Deutsche Bank has indicated it will immediately stop financing for any new oil and gas projects in the Arctic region as it plans to cut ties...

Rio Tinto was praised for its attempts to embrace Indigenous land rights, and was rated the top mining company in Corporate Human Rights for...

The ESG race is heating up as State Street unveils a new low-cost ESG ETF providing similar risk/return profile to the S&P/ASX 200 index...

The proportion of institutional investors using ESG to measure company performance has more than doubled in two years, with the majority usi...

The appointment is part of the researcher’s push into ESG following its acquisition of research and ratings firm Sustainalytics. ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a new ESG strategy as it attempts to strengthen risk management and create “more stabled, enhanc...

Justifiably, how companies are behaving during the pandemic and their ESG credentials are under even greater scrutiny. ...

The risks are mounting for investors in social network giant Facebook as some of the world’s biggest and most influential companies boycot...

Perpetual’s corporate trust division has been appointed as the trustee team for a new impact investment fund launched by the Australian go...