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Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... safety and equality as their top three material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, as well as areas of future improvement, according to a survey conducted by Perennial Value Management. Damian Cottier, portfolio manager, Perennial Value ...

GSSB developing new GRI standard for agriculture and fishing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... gas and coal, GRI noted. It is planned that further sectors, focused on those with the highest impacts, will be added in future. The Sector Standards will form part of the GRI Standards, to be used by organisations alongside the universal Standards and ...

Company, investor climate change partnership "essential": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... efficiency by companies' activities, a focus on stewardship that promotes innovation with a minimum of harm to the environment, future proofing of the company's business strategy, asset portfolio resilience, and public policy aims around measurable ...

Australian execs see impacts of, responsibility for climate change: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... But 3% of Australian executives strongly believe their organisation currently has the Industry 4.0 skills needed in the future, compared to 20% globally, and 13% have an understanding of exactly which skills will be required to thrive, versus a global ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... consider this." Natural disasters such as this season's bushfires will be impacted by climate change, which means that future modelling must include these risks. "As global temps rise, you would see particularly southern Australia have less rain, with ...

ESG data can augment low-volatility quant strategies: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... strategy anyway," he said. "Overall, I would say that what our clients, anyone going into the strategy, is worried about the future equity market volatility will be much higher than it will be today."

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... the UK and Australia, as well as serving as Head of Markets at the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA). The future strategy of SSX includes the potential development of indices and ETF products, Go noted. "When I joined SSX, I set up a three ...

Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... and what policies they will use, and where the impact will be felt is important. Other aspects driving policy response in future are likely to be the phasing out of coal. Fulton forecasted that coal demand is currently at peak and will begin to rapidly ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Developing an Australian Sustainable Finance Roadmap - Progress Report: Navigating risks and opportunities for Australia's future resilience, prosperity and wellbeing, draws upon output a process involving over 130 individuals from more than 80 organisations ...

Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Exxon on fraud charges. The state attorney general had charged Exxon with misleading investors over tis accounting for future potential costs of climate change. In the acquittal, the judge dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the case canot be ...