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More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
A growing number of ASX-listed companies are reporting on commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but the quality of disclosure "remains lacking," according to a new report from RMIT University and the United Nations Association of ...

CFA Institute developing disclosure standards for ESG products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... serve as a backbone of the Standard. 1. ESG Integration: Explicitly considers ESG-related factors that are material to the risk and return of the investment when making investment decisions. 2. ESG-Related Exclusions: Excludes securities, issuers, or ...

Climate, modern slavery areas of engagement: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... we're obviously going to go with the theme of renewable energy over the theme that we believe is promoting stranded asset risk. It's looking at how companies are understanding marketplaces and looking for leaders." In the report, Ethical Partners ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, international laws, domestic laws, and the fact that there's an increasing risk of corporate liability for things that happen in the supply chain, as well as practical tools that will help map the ...

Northern Trust expands ESG Insights risk analytics suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Northern Trust is expanding its environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposure analytics capabilities to include new reporting for key environmental data categories, including carbon footprinting. Serge Boccassini, product lead, Investment ...

Australian business environment amongst world's most resilient: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... world's most resilient", particularly around supply chain resilience, but is exposed to a number of risks, including cyber risk, oil intensity and corporate governance, according to commercial insurer FM Global. Lynette Schultheis, operations manager ...

ACCR files resolutions with BHP, AGL for AGM votes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... addition to the resolutions we file," he said. "We have reached the point that for some companies that are not managing climate risk particularly well, directors do need to be held accountable." With the high likelihood that the 2020 AGM season will ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... respondents, and 89% treat equities as their favourite underlying asset class. "The emphasis in the beginning was very much on risk mitigation," Rajan said. "Let's avoid sin stocks if we can. But investors soon realised that this sort of exclusion narrowed ...

MBS launches Centre for Sustainability and Business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Hoetker said. "We see a lot of companies that have engaged operationally with sustainability, probably from a compliance/risk viewpoint," he said. "But it's encouraging to see how companies are on the edge of being able to push to the strategic side ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Four out of the top five best performing personal balanced super fund investment options for the 2019-2020 financial year were ESG options, according to research from Rainmaker Information. While the overall Rainmaker MySuper investment performance ...