The Greener Way

Stewart Investors Senior Investment Specialist Pablo Berrutti to talk about sustainable investing, what is stewardship and how his passion for sustainable investing led him to found Altiorem, a not-for-profit library and resource centre for sustainable finance research.

Recent research paper by Altiorem: https://altiorem.org/2023/02/22/how-can-businesses-thrive-in-a-sustainable-economy/

In this episode brought to you by CFS Thrive+, we’ll be discussing what retail investors want when it comes to ESG and sustainable investment products and how financial advisers can help their clients decide where to put their hard-earned dollars.

Joining in this discussion is CFS Director – ESG Camilla Skalberg and Julia Harley, a financial adviser at Ethinvest.

https://www.cfs.com.au/thrive-plus.html

We’re joined by Julia Leske, Head of ESG Australia and New Zealand at ISS ESG to talk about ISS ESG’s recent global thought leadership report, Actionable Insights and the specific Australian and New Zealand aspects that companies and investors have on their agenda. 

For more information on the report, click here: https://www.issgovernance.com/library/actionable-insights-top-esg-themes-in-2023-regional/

We are joined by V-Square Quantitative Management president and chief executive officer Mamadou-Abou Sarr. Mamadou talks about how index funds can capture green opportunities, the opportunity set for Australian investors and how to define a country’s “readiness” to invest in low-carbon opportunities.

The Responsible Investment Association Australasia is gearing up to hold its annual conference in Melbourne May 10-11.

FS Sustainability is proud to be an official media partner to RI Australia 2023, and we’re joined by RIAA’s executive manager, programs Estelle Parker to talk about how RI Australia helps set the scene for responsible investment in Australia, the topics that will be showcased and what she’s particularly looking forward to learning.

To learn more about RI Australia 2023, click here.

Dr James Cockayne is the NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner (the first at either a state or federal level). James explains his role, how government, business and investors can catalyse action on modern slavery, and his thoughts as we mark the 10th anniversary of

the factory collapse at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, a tragedy that left more than 1,000 people dead and galvanised a global conversation on companies’ responsibility to eliminate modern slavery in their operations and in their supply chain.

We’re joined by Nuveen’s global head of impact private equity Rekha Unnithan. Impact investing and the ability to invest to achieve real world social and environmental outcomes as well financial returns is a hot topic in investing, and we cover Nuveen’s approach in private markets and how it plays out in real-world examples. 

In this episode, we're pulling back the (sustainably-sourced, ethically manufactured) curtain on our newsroom with FS Sustainability senior journalist Rose Mary Petrass to talk about her journalistic passions, what's going on in FS Sustainability and what you can expect in forthcoming weeks.

On this episode, we’re joined by Damion Rallis and Matt Moscardi of Free Float Media. Damion and Matt’s podcast Business Pants is where they share their research into board sabermetrics from ripped-from-the-headline corporate news. They explain to us why who is on boards and – more importantly – who has influence on boards – matter. Plus new and interesting awards for ASX-listed boards.

In this episode, we’re joined by Northern Trust Asset Management’s global head of sustainability and stewardship Julie Moret. Julie will explain how managing investors’ capital is like good practice in camping (it involves returning it in a more sustainable condition than you received it) and why the EMUs  (energy, materials and utilities companies) are a focus area for decarbonisation.

Link to vote in the ESG Power50 final voting round://www.fssustainability.com.au/esgpower50