ESG in 10

Episode 7, Part 1 - Takeouts from RI Australia 2023

PART ONE  Join a special 2-part interview with Simon O'Connor, CEO of Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) as we take an exclusive look at the recent RI Australia Conference, the largest in-person and online event for sustainable business and responsible investment in the Southern Hemisphere.Whilst attending the conference, Agnieszka spoke to some key industry leaders who you will hear in these episodes. We thank them for sharing their views, and their contribution to the podcast..
Episode 1: 2:27 -Lucy Cooper, ESG Director, Crescent Capital Partners
Episode 1: 2:51- Pablo Berrutti, Senior Investment Specialist, Stewart Investors; Co-founder and Managing Director, Altiorem
Episode 2: 00:51-Rick Alexander, CEO, The Shareholder Commons
Episode 2: 4:12 -Désirée Lucchese, Head of Ethics and Impact ,U Ethical
Episode 2: 9:20 -Moana Nottage, ESG and Sustainability Analyst, Alphinity Investment Management
 
For links to articles and Toolkit's mentioned in these episodes please refer to the links below:
REP 763 ASIC’s recent greenwashing interventions: Report REP 763 ASIC’s recent greenwashing interventions
ASIC's Info Sheet 271: How to avoid greenwashing when offering or promoting sustainability-related products | ASIC
RIAA Investor Toolkit on Human Rights and Armed Conflict:Investor-Toolkit-on-Human-Rights-and-Armed-Conflict.pdf (responsibleinvestment.org)
More information on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament:What is the Indigenous voice to parliament, how would it work, and what happens next? | Indigenous voice to parliament | The GuardianVoice to Parliament - Reconciliation Australia

Episode 6- A belief in active ownership with Rebecca El- Khoury, Merlon Capital Partners.

Merlon Capital Partners believe that the deep consideration of governance, social and environmental issues, together with active ownership, enhances investment, business, and community outcomes. A key differentiator for Merlon is their structured and innovative corporate engagement program, where Merlon actively engage with their current and future portfolio companies to achieve the best ESG outcomes. In this episode, we sit down with Rebecca El Khoury, ESG and Sustainability Manager at Merlon to explore Merlon’s unique approach to corporate engagement and discuss an engagement case study based on the research they have recently completed on problem gambling.
 
You can view the research paper here and on their website www.merloncapital.com

Episode 5- ESG linked remuneration with Kirsty Mackay- Fisher, WaveStone Capital

Kirsty Mackay- Fisher, Senior Analyst at WaveStone Capital joins the podcast to discuss her latest ESG research investigating remuneration structures for company executives of the ASX200 and the ESG hurdles linked to those REM structures.   
To hear more from WaveStone, visit their Insights Blog  on their website https://www.wavestonecapital.com.au/

Episode 4- Artificial Intelligence and Big Tech – What does this mean for responsible investors? With Alphinity Investment Management.

Episode 4- Artificial Intelligence and Big Tech – What does this mean for responsible investors? Charlotte O' Meara is joined by Mary Manning and Jessica Cairns, Alphinity Investment Management.Alphinity Investment Management have incorporated artificial Intelligence (AI) into their ESG integration process for a number of years, developing their own responsible investment framework for AI. With the rise of AI technologies such as Chat GPT, AI is now receiving a lot of publicity, but what does that mean for responsible investing? This episode provides an overview of AI and how considerations of AI can be factored into the ESG integration process.
 
Hear more from Alphinity on the topic of Big Tech:Tech Talk January 2023: The most interesting things in Tech - AlphinityIs Google's LaMDA chatbot sentient? - Alphinity

Episode 3- How emerging technologies will reimagine the food and farming system with Jonathon Quigley, Partner of Cultiv8 Funds Management

Agriculture and Food Technology – how emerging technologies will reimagine the food and farming system. A conversation with Jonathon Quigley, Partner of Cultiv8 Funds Management.Cultiv8 Funds Management - Sustainably Focused Funds Group
 

Episode 2: International Womens Day –Gender promotion rates, the gender pay gap and the experience of women in the funds management industry

A special episode celebrating International Women’s Day. Charlotte O’Meara, Senior ESG Specialist at Fidante, Interviews Dr Laura Ryan from Ardea Investment Management on the findings of her research about the role of gender promotion rates in the Australian Finance Industry. Sinéad Rafferty, Senior Investment specialist at Fidante, also joins the conversation outlining her experience as a senior woman in the funds management industry.Ardea Investment Management

Episode 1: Biodiversity loss, deforestation and the natural world with Ian Simm, Founder and CEO of Impax Asset Management

Ian Simm, Founder and Chief Executive of Impax Asset Management, one of the world’s leading investment managers dedicated to investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy joins todays episode to discuss biodiversity loss, deforestation and the natural world – how do these important risks and opportunities impact the investors?Impax Asset Management - Specialists in the Transition to a more Sustainable Economy (impaxam.com)