Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1 - 10 of 110 results for "ESG research"

Morningstar cops greenwashing fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... was invested in the other companies between May 31 to June 13. Morningstar reported the incidents to ASIC after its ESG research arm Sustainalytics identified that the companies either developed controversial weapons or produced core components. Morningstar ...

Nominations open in FS Sustainability Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
... mandatory to be a participant in an ESG-leading company to qualify for nominations, but FS Sustainability will use ISS ESG research to validate public-facing statements of sustainability. Note: ISS owns Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard ...

Australian Retirement Trust hires Tim Unger

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... investment strategies and frameworks. Before her two years with Morningstar, Kapoor worked at Sustaino Metric as its ESG research lead. Earlier, she was part of Evalueserve's offshore ESG research and benchmarking team with a major sustainability ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... business activities in a range of industries, including those involving fossil fuels. "However, ASIC alleges that ESG research was not conducted over a significant proportion of issuers of bonds in the Index and therefore the fund." As February 2021 ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... business activities in a range of industries, including those involving fossil fuels. "However, ASIC alleges that ESG research was not conducted over a significant proportion of issuers of bonds in the Index and therefore the fund," ASIC said. As of ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... business activities in a range of industries, including those involving fossil fuels." "However, ASIC alleges that ESG research was not conducted over a significant proportion of issuers of bonds in the Index and therefore the fund," it said. As February ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... of, 'what pushes the needle for my firm and my clients to get competitive advantage?'," Soojin Kim, head of ESG research at Preqin, said. Despite Europe's and North America's dominance in ESG fundraising and impact investing respectively ...

FS Sustainability reveals ESG Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... meet minimum ESG criteria. "It is not mandatory to be a participant from an ESG leader company, but we did use ISS ESG research to validate public-facing statements of sustainability," said Alembakis. Following this, the shortlist of corporate ESG leaders ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... it's had a huge impact on the apparel sector, and a sector fraught with difficulty has gotten worse. Ausbil head of ESG research Mans Carlsson corroborated the view that while helpful, the Accord is not the finishing point. Carlsson recently revisited ...

Final voting for ESG Power50 open

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... meet minimum ESG criteria. It is not mandatory to be a participant in an ESG leader, but we have incorporated ISS ESG research to validate public-facing statements of sustainability. This shortlist of corporate ESG leaders is once again open to our online ...
PREVIOUS
NEXT