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First State Super on Climate Action 100+, engagement, and fund strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... long-term returns for our members. So for us, it's important to be a part of collaborative initiatives relating to climate change to effect lasting change and protect the best interests of our members." McDonald calls the work "intensive." "There are ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... potentially integrate ESG data into three equity strategies - high conviction, enhanced passive and a thematic climate change approach. Sustainalytics identifies modern slavery as one of the big thematics in the Australian market, saying "Australia has ...

CBI, WWF call upon central banks, prudential regulators for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... member of NGFS. "There is increasing recognition by central banks of the growing structural and systemic risks that climate change poses to the financial system and the need for coordinated action," said Prashant Vaze, head of policy and government ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... banks to reduce lending and exposure to fossil fuel companies consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Climate-related resolutions have been filed with Australia's big four banks in previous years, but the goals ofhte resolutions ...

ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... management," according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader ASIC this week released Director and officer oversight of non financial risk, published by the Corporate ...

Put climate resilience at the core of business strategy: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... strategy means putting in place processes that will prepare businesses for the changes that come as a result of climate change as well as prepare businesses for greater ambition going forward, Petersen said. Petersen, who was in New York for the UN Climate ...

Ethical Investment Week to focus on "The Sustainability Revolution"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... page with questions on ethical concerns that people may or may not have, from a positive and a negative screen. Climate change has become a major topic, but it's also social concerns about companies that are invested. People want to make sure that the ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Climate change will impact the health and finances of elderly Australians at increasing rates over coming decades, necessitating wide ranging policy responses to manage social, economic and public health implications, according to a report by the Actuaries ...

Climate change impacts "top of mind" for investors: Nuveen Real Estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Climate change impacts on real estate investments is a "top of mind" concern for investors, according to the head of sustainability at Nuveen Real Estate. Abigail Dean, head of sustainability, Nuveen Real Estate Nuveen Real Estate, the investment manager ...

MSCI issues guide for investor reporting to TCFD guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... vulnerability to scenarios, and enhance adaptive capacity. "TCFD provides a common language, and approach to reporting climate change risks and opportunities," said Michael Salvatico, executive director, client coverage, at MSCI. "It was very quickly ...