ESG

YFYS performance test: Implications for ESG

Strategies that have a lower alignment to the performance test benchmarks could become high risk for trustees as they could lead to failure of the test, over certain periods, despite longer-term outperformance, Mercer's Barlow points out.

Emily BarlowMarch 31, 2021

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Progress on climate transparency remains slow

For those who review manager issued documentation on sustainability it is largely apparent that many fund managers are still developing their TCFD reporting, Alex Wise says.

Alex WiseMarch 8, 2021

ESG

Real asset risk assessment requires digging deeper: AEW

Environmental Social and Governance policies are commonplace in global investment firms, but addressing risks to physical assets like property take investment teams deeper in their due diligence and studies of investment risk, experts explore.

Jessica SierFebruary 26, 2021

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Myer Foundation ESG portfolio alignment 90pc complete

The Myer retail-turned-philanthropy family is actively choosing environmental, social and good governance investments to drive its performance, a process it began two years ago, Martyn Myer explains.

Meredith BoothJanuary 11, 2021

ESG

Sustainability, governance and financial performance get in lockstep

FTSE Russell's Helena Fung talks about how climate change and pandemic factors have brought ESG investments into the spotlight this year in an extended interview.

Meredith BoothDecember 16, 2020

ESG

No time to rest after climate risk test

The settlement of a recent case brought by a member of Rest Super Fund against the trustee is an important reminder of the importance for long term fiduciary investors to pay attention to climate and other ESG related risks to investments.

Jonathan SteffanoniDecember 7, 2020

ESG

Green bonds: part of super industry’s decarbonising tool set

AustralianSuper's Andrew Gray said the fund has not ruled out using green bonds as a tool to reach its ambitious target of net-zero carbon emissions for its entire investment portfolio by 2050.

Jessica SierNovember 30, 2020

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Avoid the greenwashing bubble

Greenwashing is apparent when an organisation spends more time marketing themselves as environmentally sound, rather than actually minimising their environmental footprint, Regnan's Tim Crockford outlines.

Jessica SierNovember 20, 2020

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