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Monetary Authority of Singapore hires chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... The group will coordinate MAS' green finance and sustainability agenda - "strengthen the financial sector's resilience against environmental risks; develop a vibrant green finance ecosystem to support Asia's transition to a low-carbon future ...

Climate transition a business opportunity: Geoff Summerhayes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... following scenarios to setting pathways towards the net zero future, and moving from looking at company risk to system resilience and value. "Scale is important, but you can achieve scale in a number of ways," he said. Summerhayes has a track record ...

SGX proposes mandatory TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... RegCo CEO Tan Boon Gin. "The proposals today are aimed at helping our issuers meet these demands and to build their resilience to climate risks. "Some business sectors are more carbon intensive and hence climate risks affect them more significantly compared ...

New Climate Action 100 engagement to tackle food and beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... producers. For food companies to really expect changes in those sourcing practices to reduce emissions and increase the resilience of the supply chain, it will require support from them." Further expectations include aligning capital expenditures, product ...

Companies have duty to act on climate conclusions of IPCC report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... existing assets, both within business lines and within key supply and distribution chains, and how do we adapt and develop resilience proportionate to the increasing risk." Company directors must also take a medium to long-term view on strategic plans ...

Sustainable finance initiative establishes permanent body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... around four pillars - embedding sustainability into leadership; integrating sustainability into practice; enabling resilience for all Australians; and building sustainable finance markets. ASFI recently released its first report on the first year's momentum ...

Charting a course to net zero: Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... more volatile because of physical climate risk than it has been historically, because of challenges of adaptation and resilience, so how do you build that into the model that flows through to the exposure to that asset class?" Bailey also noted that ...

Charter Hall hires group head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Hall, which has made measurable progress in the ESG space in recent years, underpinned by its commitment to climate resilience, responsible business, and strong communities," Cole said. Cole commences at Charter Hall on 12 July 2021. Last year, the Clean ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... around four pillars - embedding sustainability into leadership; integrating sustainability into practice; enabling resilience for all Australians; and building sustainable finance markets. The ASFI Momentum Tracker surveyed financial sector participants ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... coast, seeking opportunities in areas such as increasing carbon sequestration, creating new fish habitats and improve resilience to flooding and rising sea levels. The particular area of NSW was selected for the project because of a combination of factors ...