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CFS awards stewardship mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... is the ability to enact change. Issues could range from diversity on boards or in executive teams, supply chain sustainability issues, or whether plans to address climate change and offset carbon emissions are sufficiently in place." Colonial First State ...

abrdn hires from State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... breadth of abrdn's investment platform across public, alternative and private markets, coupled with digital, sustainability and investment solutions capabilities anchors our ability to provide customised cross-asset solutions to meet clients' ...

Pension fund pushes for independent chair at Berkshire Hathaway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... as chair while retaining him as chief executive. CalPERS said its decision is consistent with its Governance and Sustainability Principles and its long-held belief that an independent chair is corporate governance best practice. The shareholder proposal ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... zero carbon emissions target. Moreover, many superannuation companies' concerted advertising campaigns about their sustainability credentials have increased public demand for funds to endorse responsible ESG investment principles. On super fund trustees' ...

Modern Slavery Act needs strengthening: Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... human rights considerations at the recent Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference. FS Sustainability was a media partner at the event. "As investors we're quite unique in that we are readers of modern slavery statements ...

Labor vows to review YFYS test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... conference on topics relating to ESG and responsible investing, including removing regulatory barriers. Sister title FS Sustainability is a media partner to the annual conference. "We also have a key role to play in removing the regulatory friction that ...

Super fund restructures, adds new roles

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... the small superannuation funds - those having less than $10 billion in assets - that it believes face immediate sustainability issues, having measured account growth, cash flows and rollovers. Legalsuper was not on its list. "At a time of continued reform ...

Thirty-eight super funds face sustainability issues: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
APRA has named the superannuation funds it believes face immediate sustainability issues, with 38 of 78 funds declining on all metrics measured. APRA looked at the three sustainability metrics in the 2021 MySuper and Choice heatmaps; member accounts ...

Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... infrastructure investment as well as public and active transport initiatives. Oliver Wyman head of climate and sustainability platform in Australia, and partner in financial services Ross Eaton noted that the $1.3 billion of new investment to "maintain ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... implementing a waste exports ban. Forestry and Fisheries will receive $114.6 million over five years to support the sustainability of those industries. Farmers will get an $84.5 million boost to drought readiness and resilience programs. Over three years ...