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FS Sustainability sets out to find ESG Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... leading ESG rating and research company, to make sure that people nominated are employed at companies that meet minimum ESG criteria. It is not mandatory to be a participant in an ESG leader, but we will incorporate ISS ESG research to validate public-facing ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... have resolved the matter. "These historical matters did not materially impact the investments' satisfaction of the ESG criteria contained in those policies and procedures," it said. "Goldman Sachs Asset Management is committed to its pursuit of best ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary to pay US$1.5m over ESG misstatements

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... and funds are increasingly offering and evaluating investments that employ ESG strategies or incorporate certain ESG criteria, in part to meet investor demand for such strategies and investments," he said. "Here, our order finds that BNY Mellon Investment ...

Schroders scores $250m private debt mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... screening, analysis, due diligence, and execution for all of our investments, all while assessing and monitoring our ESG criteria throughout," Kidd said.

Robeco launches new sustainable index fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... Zealand and Oceania Stephen Dennis said. "The fund addresses the pitfalls of passive investing, actively integrates ESG criteria, and is a sustainable solution for investors looking for stable outperformance after costs, with a low tracking error." He ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... fund, taking it from ESG to tighter SRI criteria. The $40 million fund managed by Michelle Lopez has so far used ESG criteria (which the firm says is embedded in all its strategies). Now, it will start using socially responsible investment (SRI) criteria ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... strategies do not differentiate the funds from their broader universes as much as peers that explicitly integrate ESG criteria to select companies with positive ESG characteristics." And, Vanguard was pulled up for personnel turnover. Between late 2019 ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... listed animal protein producers from around the world, with a combined value of $338 billion, and assessed them on ESG criteria including greenhouse emissions, deforestation, antibiotic usage and working conditions. It found that 78% of the 60 companies ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... options that exclude fossil fuels and their supply chain services and businesses that do not meet strongly defined ESG criteria." The diversified SRI option will have exposure to all Aware's investment sectors including property and private equity ...

Industry fund bumps up fee for ESG option

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... portfolio of shares, fixed interest, property and direct infrastructure. The investments are picked according to ESG criteria that include labour standards, climate change mitigation, human rights, child labour and the exclusion of tobacco, pornography ...