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ASX companies in SSGA's sights over climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has informed ASX-listed companies that they expect companies to make climate-related disclosures in line with the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework, or face votes against directors. ...

Proxy advisers assess impacts of government reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... adviser in Australia has an unrestricted AFSL to provide general advice only for wholesale investors," said Dean Paatsch, director and co-founder of Ownership Matters. "What the new regulations require is for them to get effectively a sublicense for ...

2021 theme in review: human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... addressed as a matter of prudent risk management. "We are inextricably linked in the way we live on the planet," KPMG director, human rights and social impact Meg Brodie told FS Sustainability. "The idea that we have environmental impacts and then we ...

What you read in 2021

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... with a dearth of talent meaning senior hires can command salaries of $250,000 to $300,000. Kaizen Recruitment managing director Matt McGilton said that heads of ESG research/head of investment stewardship can expect a salary of $250,000 - $300,000 including ...

New Forests calls for demand and supply integrity on carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Asia and the United States. "The opportunity for voluntary carbon markets is rising," noted Radha Kuppalli, managing director, impact and advocacy at New Forests. "We are managing investments not only for sustainable timber production but for carbon ...

From the courtroom to the boardroom: climate change risks and remedies

LOUISE CAMENZULI, JULIA GREEN, SANDY MAK  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
2021 will be seen as the year where international, environmental and market forces coalesced to bring climate change into sharp focus in Australian courtrooms and boardrooms. With the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) and UN Climate ...

SGX mandates TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Listed entities on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) will be required from 2022 to report on board diversity and climate related disclosures based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). SGX has announced that all issuers ...

Strong return for ESG funds, but oil ETF shines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... in the headwinds, and investing in things with tailwinds - water, food, waste, healthcare, technology." CreationWealth director and senior financial planner Andrew Zbik called it "an interesting conundrum." "I've had a chat with a few clients who ...

Bringing a human rights lens to climate risk considerations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... addressed as a matter of prudent risk management. "We are inextricably linked in the way we live on the planet," said KPMG director, human rights and social impact Meg Brodie. "The idea that we have environmental impacts and then we have impacts on people ...

FSI unlocks green finance for unlisted infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... eligible asset categories under both the Climate Bond Initiative standards and the EU Green taxonomy," said Camille Wynter, director, sustainable finance at Commonwealth Bank. The framework for the green tranche was externally verified by second party ...