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RBA warns of climate-related liability risk for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
The Reserve Bank of Australia has identified liability risk as one of the climate risks that businesses that do not sufficiently respond to climate change will face. RBA head of domestic markets Jonathan Kearns spoke at the Credit Law Conference this ...

VFMC hires to investment stewardship team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has hired Ryan Cook to its investment stewardship team. Cook comes to VFMC from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), where he was a senior responsible investment analyst. VFMC confirmed ...

ACCU demand to rise with Climate Active certification: CBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Australian businesses pursuing voluntary government certification for climate targets are expected to further drive the use of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), according to Commonwealth Bank. As Australian businesses adopt net zero carbon targets ...

Podcast: Uncovering corporate modern slavery risk with Clare Bartram

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... while investor focus on modern slavery and wider human rights is intensifying. Under the Commonwealth's Modern Slavery Act of 2018, organisations that operate in Australia and have more than $100 million in annual revenue have to report annually ...

ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
ASX300 companies are taking action on carbon intensity and net zero targets while showing only incremental improvements on social indicators like gender diversity on boards and executive leadership teams, according to Melior Investment Management. In ...

La Trobe Financial certified by Climate Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
La Trobe Financial has received Climate Active certification for its Australian business operations. Climate Active is an Australian government-backed program that provides certification for businesses that have achieved net zero emissions, or carbon ...

Uncovering value in ESG improvers: Pengana

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Investing in companies that are early in improving their ESG performance can be "more powerful" for investment returns than investing in companies which are already considered ESG leaders, according to Pengana Capital. "Securities that transitioned ...

Fixing Australia's complicated carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's carbon market is "fragmented, inefficient and complicated," according to the Climate Change Authority (CCA). The CCA has released its Review of International Offsets, which finds that the international carbon market is still evolving. ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Recently passed legislation to reduce carbon emissions 43% by 2030 in law is currently the most prominent example of the Labor government's new action on material ESG issues, but experts tell FS Sustainability that more is being done, even if it's ...

Varying levels of progress on modern slavery: IAST APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... conversations with companies." IAST APAC members are also participating in the review process for the Australian Modern Slavery Act, Turner said. "When we formed the steering committee a few years ago, our view was that if we can do something together ...