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Engagement, not exclusions, key to ESG ‘happy medium’: Martin Currie

While many sustainable funds use negative screens to avoid stocks with poor ESG scores, Martin Currie’s Naomi Bant says engagement with companies that can provide a net benefit to society leads to better investment and sustainability outcomes.

Lisa Uhlman | 20th Sep 2023 | More
Green super options take root as investors seek real climate impact

Switching to a sustainable pension fund is one of the most effective ways to reduce a person’s carbon footprint, with no performance tradeoff required. As the need for climate solutions grows more urgent, the momentum for environmentally friendly investment options in Australia’s $3.5 trillion super sector is gathering pace.

Nicki Bourlioufas | 11th Aug 2023 | More
No performance trade-off: Sustainable investing a ‘returns game’, fundie says

While some still associate them with lower returns, ESG analysis and sustainable investing are really about managing risk and harnessing opportunities, the Perennial Partners portfolio managers said. If done “authentically”, sustainable investing is “very much a returns game”.

Lisa Uhlman | 2nd Aug 2023 | More
  • How to reduce your investment carbon footprint

    Moving to a sustainable investment portfolio can reduce an individual’s carbon emissions by 90 per cent, research from Stockspot has shown.

    Lachlan Buur-Jensen | 28th Oct 2022 | More
    Investing responsibly? It’s not as easy as you think……

    The issue is that there is simply far too much flexibility and individual discretion as to what fits certain ESG criteria and what doesn’t

    Drew Meredith | 30th Jul 2020 | More
    Calls to open infrastructure to SMSFs

    Opening infrastructure investment to SMSFs and superannuation investors would democratise investment in critical domestic infrastructure

    Sam Twidale | 30th Jul 2020 | More
  • Impact Investing 101 and how to be a do-gooder

    Green is the new black. Impact investing is the $2.1 trillion opportunity

    Ishan Dan | 30th Jul 2020 | More
    Scrubbing up the application of ESG

    Amongst the countless commentaries and headline noise on virus affected financial conditions, it is surprising that environmental, social and governance (ESG) seems to have gained an even stronger foothold. The embrace of such standards does, however, run into the consistent problem in the interpretation of ESG. As more data providers enter the field to compete…

    Drew Meredith | 18th May 2020 | More