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Australia on global list for deforestation hotspots: WWF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... timeline of our analysis. Logging remains significant in some places." Taylor said that enforcement of Commonwealth environmental law to prevent deforestation as well as reversing deforestation was key to tackling the problem in Eastern Australia. "We ...

SGX hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... to the SGX. Cho will drive the strategic direction of the exchange's ESG ambitions, building on SGX's ESG environmental, social and governance (ESG) capabilities, expertise and assets. This includes delivering on SGX's commitment to improve ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... pointed to activities like regenerative agriculture as other examples of what investing in natural capital to enhance environmental and financial return could look like. The area of natural capital is set to rise on the sustainability agenda through ...

Australia's Paris Agreement carbon commitments criticised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
The Australian government's updated Nationally Determined Contribution to cutting carbon emissions under the Paris Agreement has drawn criticism for remaining substantially unchanged from its earlier commitments. Australia submitted its updated commitments ...

Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Small and medium sized ASX listed companies can measure, monitor and report their material environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures through a new technology platform linked to the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s ESG Global Standard Metrics. ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) with auditing of countries, companies and investors regarding their entire environmental and social impacts The multilateral push for disclosure, management and monitoring of biodiversity use, destruction and enhancement ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... in the price." However, that doesn't hold true in all markets - Chopra noted that while the costs of social and environmental sustainability initiatives don't add much comparative costs to goods and services in established markets, in other regions ...

Science-based targets key to addressing the world's biggest challenges

LOUISE WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... the link between an unforeseen pandemic and real economic pain. There is a growing realisation that the impact of environmental, social and even governance risks can and will have negative financial consequences. The results of the US presidential election ...

Successful ESG integration: moving from why to how

GUILLAUME MASCOTTO  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Recent regulatory developments suggest that environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is neither a fad nor a subjective enterprise. Rather, it has become a critical part of day-to-day investment management. Global investor commitment to ESG ...

Future Super to reduce fees on fund options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund Future Super will ring in the new year by reducing fees on all its investment options. From January 2021, Future Super will cut the admin fee on its Future Super Balanced Impact and Future Super Renewables Plus to 0.554% with the ...