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AustralianSuper throws weight behind SDG platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... data with the aim of enabling investors to assess companies on their contribution to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The product will be available via distribution partner Qontigo. "As a founding member of the SDI AOP, AustralianSuper ...

Industry fund backs tobacco-free pledge

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... Sustainable Development Alliance in 2019 to work with leading global investors to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals, including strengthening tobacco control in all countries," Stewart said. "Being recognised with the Pledge Stamp is wonderful ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... "Longer-term, ESG ratings will need to reflect how companies crucial to meeting policy objectives like the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Accord gather themselves to do business in a different way, re-setting course for a habitable, more ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... its ESG strategy as having a clear bias towards companies with a positive impact on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. To explain its strategy, Peers points to Orstead - a company Mirova has a holding in. Orstead used to be Danish Oil and Natural ...

Global asset manager fills giant impact fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... lower middle market that contribute measurable progress toward one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals," KKR said. Financial Standard understands Australia is included in the fund's geographic focus, with the firm's regional impact ...

Product provider makes big FASEA promise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... will provide data on how individual investment products stack up against the United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals." Financial Planning Association of Australia head of policy and standards Ben Marshan told Financial Standard that he expects ...

NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... spend," Wright said. NGS currently discloses how its equities holdings align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This year, it will also release its first Task Force on Climate Related Disclosures (TCFD) report, identifying the ...

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... value as the industry averages. The fund is claiming its investment strategy will align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. "Regarding benchmarking, we have an exclusive retail agreement with an independent third-party data provider, Sustainable ...

New super fund to launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... measure and report on how its investment portfolios (where data is available) contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)," the fund's LinkedIn page reads. The website for the fund is not yet live but a spokesperson confirmed it has ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... impact investing. BlackRock will remap its priorities to better align with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals during its stewardship activities, reflective of the announcement last week that the firm had joined the Climate Action 100+. ...