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New Zealand XRB releases final climate reporting paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
New Zealand's External Reporting Board (XRB) has released a final consultation paper on the mandatory Climate-related Disclosure standards that will come into force next year. The New Zealand government last year passed legislation that made climate-related ...

Westpac sets 2030 net zero commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... are in accordance with the International Energy Agency's Net Zero by 2050 scenario or where the Australian or New Zealand Government or regulator determines that supply from the asset is necessary for national energy security." Existing oil and gas ...

State of the Environment report a wake up call for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... responsible for consideration and uptake of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) in Australia and New Zealand. The RIAA TNFD consultation group will bring together business, finance, public sector and civil society organisations ...

Strong demand for ESG products, but education needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... from a client and adviser perspective saying, demonstrate for me the actual impact - that's the key." Separately, New Zealand-based fintech of fintech Capital Preferences has released research based on a survey of more than 300 Australian investors ...

Australian investors withdraw from ESG funds: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... scarce as the global bear market shreds investor sentiment," said Teresa Walker, managing director of Australia and New Zealand at Calastone. "June was the first time we have seen investors withdraw capital from every equity category (except Australian) ...

Zurich accelerates net zero commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... zero for its operations by 2030. Zurich announced new targets and initiatives for its operations in Australia and New Zealand. I has committed to reducing absolute emissions from its local operations by 60% by 2025 and 76% by 2029, based on the 2019 ...

RIAA tapped to run TNFD consultation group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... responsible for consideration and uptake of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) in Australia and New Zealand. The RIAA TNFD consultation group will bring together business, finance, public sector and civil society organisations ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... benefits to cloud-based transitions. The report, informed by a survey of nearly 500 businesses across Australia and New Zealand operating in a range of industries, also finds that only 7% of Australian businesses have fully transitioned to cloud, while ...

Business leaders, consumers "fed up" with ESG progress: Oracle

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... enterprise-wide, said Ilan Oshri, director, Centre of Digital Enterprise, University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand. "The issue is governance," he said. "We don't have governance in the business that brings the two together. If you look at ...

Podcast: Integrating ESG in fixed income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... sustainable bonds. We speak with MFS fixed income research Analyst Mahesh Jayakumar and ISS head of ESG for Australia and New Zealand Julia Leske.