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ASX companies pivoting towards environmental, social issues

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

Australian corporates have shifted their focus away from diversity and governance, instead prioritising environmental an ... READ MORE

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MetLife commits to 30% emission reduction

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

MetLife has committed to shrink its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent from 2019 levels, originate $20 billion in g ... READ MORE

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Robeco extends fossil fuel exclusion to all funds

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

The multinational asset manager has decided to drop investments in thermal coal, oil sands and Arctic drilling from all ... READ MORE

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Investors demand companies report climate risks

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

Major investor groups representing more than US$103 trillion in assets have urged companies and auditors to fully reflec ... READ MORE

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NZ to mandate climate risk disclosure

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

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

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UBS embraces ESG with private wealth pivot

By Lachlan Maddock •  — 1 minute read

One of the world’s largest investment banks has announced that its US$2.6 trillion global wealth management business w ... READ MORE

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Expect more modern slavery regulation, fundies say

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

An Australian investment manager has called laws around modern slavery a “race to the top” across the industry and v ... READ MORE

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Majority of Natixis experts tip Biden victory

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

More than three-quarters (78 per cent) of strategists and affiliated managers with the multinational investment bank hav ... READ MORE

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ESG now ‘expected minimum’, shaping $1tn in investments

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

Consideration of environmental, social and governance factors has been slated as the bare minimum for good industry prac ... READ MORE

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ESG confusion ‘harms the planet’

By Lachlan Maddock •  — 1 minute read

The gap between ESG scores and sustainability is making it harder for investors concerned about the impact their investm ... READ MORE

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ESG hysteria can cause stormy markets

By Lachlan Maddock •  — 1 minute read

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

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CFA Institute draws up ESG industry standard

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

Global association CFA Institute, has invited feedback on its draft ESG disclosure standards for investment products, in ... READ MORE

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ESG firm enters Aus, NZ with local partnership

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

Promethos Capital, a Boston-based ESG specialist, has expanded to the Australian and New Zealand markets with local thir ... READ MORE

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Investors demand stronger climate risk transparency

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

Australian institutional investors have called for reforms to climate risk disclosure from companies, including the repo ... READ MORE

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Deutsche Bank dumps Arctic oil financing, signals coal mining exit

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

Deutsche Bank has indicated it will immediately stop financing for any new oil and gas projects in the Arctic region as ... READ MORE

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Rio Tinto’s ESG report card is a colossal ‘fail’

By Lachlan Maddock •  — 1 minute read

Rio Tinto was praised for its attempts to embrace Indigenous land rights, and was rated the top mining company in Corpor ... READ MORE

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State Street unveils low-cost ESG ETF

By Lachlan Maddock •  — 1 minute read

The ESG race is heating up as State Street unveils a new low-cost ESG ETF providing similar risk/return profile to the S ... READ MORE

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Three in four investors using ESG

By Sarah Simpkins •  — 1 minute read

The proportion of institutional investors using ESG to measure company performance has more than doubled in two years, w ... READ MORE

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Morningstar appoints ESG research head

By Lachlan Maddock •  — 1 minute read

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

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J.P. Morgan launches ESG push

By Lachlan Maddock •  — 1 minute read

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a new ESG strategy as it attempts to strengthen risk management and create “ ... READ MORE