Momentum around responsible investment and sustainable finance hit new highs in 2022, and all indicators suggest that for our own markets of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, this focus on embedding sustainability into finance won’t slow in 2023. 2023 is shaping up to keep us all...
2023 is going to be an exciting year for emerging technologies. In the latest edition of Sustainalytics’ 10 for report series, we developed an approach to support investors interested in sustainability issues associated with nascent technologies, including autonomous shipping, air taxis, electric vehicles (EVs), gene...
RIAA is pleased today to be welcoming the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework struck at the conclusion of COP15. This marks an important moment for the world, elevating biodiversity to be recognised as a global asset to be cherished and protected, and for the rapid decline in...
By Robyn Parkin, Head of Sustainability at Ethical Partners Funds Management. Ethical Partners, along with RIAA, First Sentier Investors, public health academics and government representatives, was pleased to be part of a recent roundtable held by the Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI), to discuss how investors...
ASB is one of the largest fund managers in New Zealand with over $20 billion in assets under management for around 500,000 investors. ASB Group Investments is owned by ASB Bank Limited, which was the first savings bank in New Zealand, established in 1847. RIAA...
By Kate Turner, Deputy Global Head of Responsible Investment, First Sentier Investors Modern slavery is a distressing and pervasive part of global supply chains and one of the most pressing human rights issues that investors can take action on. There are multiple factors that drive modern...
The window for greenwashing is rapidly closing as laws, regulations, and standards are being established for our sector. If you are struggling to keep up with the rapid fire of acronyms, codes, consultations, and guidance being produced around responsible investment and sustainable finance, then you’re certainly...
Increasingly, and rapidly, financial institutions will need to respond to nature-related financial risks and opportunities; akin to the precedent set by climate change. Kilter Rural was established in 2004 to deliver profit with impact: investing at scale in natural capital assets of farmland, water, and...
By Victoria MacLean, associate fund manager and Claire Jervis, senior analyst for the Pengana WHEB Sustainable Impact fund. Excluding defence companies has long been common practice for responsible investors. At a minimum, most negatively screened ‘ethical’ funds exclude the controversial weapons banned under international law: for...
Following the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute’s (ASFI) Roadmap in 2020 and appointment of a board and executive in 2021, the Institute recently laid out its 2022 priorities – first off the blocks is tackling a sustainable finance taxonomy for Australia. RIAA spoke with ASFI’s chief...
