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US SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... companies will be required to report on carbon emissions, climate-related goals and transition plans and climate-related risk assessment. As part of the proposed rules, companies will be required to provide Scope 1 and 2 emissions data and Scope 3 emissions ...

RIAA tapped to run TNFD consultation group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... Estelle Parker, RIAA's executive manager - programs. The TNFD was established in 2020 to develop and deliver an integrated risk management and disclosure framework for organisations to report and act on evolving nature-related risks, with the ultimate ...

Australian Shareholders' Association issues net zero policy for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... composition, advocating for clearer disclosures around directors skills to better inform voting decisions. "We believe cyber risk is one of the biggest issues," Waterhouse said. "We want to see that companies are identifying and managing cyber and data ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... current weather conditions, or drone-enabled crop monitoring to support agriculture productivity, or incorporating climate risk into financial asset pricing. The joined sustainability, cost and efficiency savings represents a "sustainability dividend" ...

Cundall names APAC head of ESG advisory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... in relation to mitigating climate change, are also a global effort," Jannaschk said. Jannaschk noted that the ESG lens is risk-based thinking that reflects the business world's acute appreciation of the material, financial and reputational risks associated ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... decision making with stakeholders including banks and investors. "Investors and businesses increasingly perceive environmental risk as financial risk," said CBA senior associate currency strategy and international economics Carol Kong. "Climate change ...

Financial inclusion as risk and opportunity: Principal Financial Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Financial exclusion is both a global risk and an opportunity, with Principal Financial Group announcing it is establishing an index to undercover key drivers of financial exclusion in more than 40 markets. The Global Financial Inclusion Index is being ...

Australia's C-Suite cite climate change as chief concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... 250 employees. A large majority - 84% of Australian respondents - said they are shifting their approach from managing ESG risk to identifying new business opportunities, with 88% saying they are spending more resources on ESG and sustainability. "The ...

NGS Super to reduce emissions 35% by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... portfolio and NGS also did a glide path analysis to model carbon reduction scenarios over time, taking into consideration risk, return and tracking error. The work will also go towards engaging with the fund's external managers to assure that they ...

Ratification of Forced Labour Protocol to impact Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... 239 ASX300 companies and found that 41% of S&P/ASX 300 companies did not provide a clear assessment of the overall level of risk in their operations. Among those that did, most assessed their exposure to modern slavery risks to be low. MCFS worked with ...