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ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... having integrated company-wide processes for identifying, assessing, and managing climate-related issues in their overall risk management, a rate higher than the wider APAC average (54%). The report analyses companies based on the four core elements ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... that can shop around and play suppliers against each other. If you only compete on price against other suppliers, that's a risk that you take shortcuts on labour to provide at lower price, so that hasn't changed at all, even in a COVID19 environment." ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... special attention is given to women who often take the burden of care; and Principle Ten provides guidance on mitigating the risk of the pandemic on operations in a manner that does not increase the prevalence of bribery or corruption." Petersen calls ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... an upswing connecting bushfires to climate change to where Australians are investing their money. I think there's a real risk that the financial services sector doesn't keep up with that fast moving consumer expectation on the role of finance addressing ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... are large and growing number of people who are involved in installing solar arrays, wind farms, etc., and those jobs are at risk," Lashof said. "You want to be making sure you're supporting that activity for the basis for further progress coming out ...

Lighthouse Infrastructure hires Alex O'Dea as investment director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... part of the Lighthouse team and look forward to working with current and future clients to help them meet their long-term risk/return objectives and deliver positive environmental and social outcomes for affected businesses and communities," she said." ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Sufficient capital is available, but the CCA points to "systemic market failures, including the under-pricing of climate-related risk" as preventing markets from adequately shifting available capital towards low-emissions opportunities. "Australians ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... 15 or 20 years farther along in many of these markets." 57 Stars assesses potential investments for both their potential risk-adjusted return and their potential impacts, said Carl Balit, executive director, 57 Stars. "That's part of being a finance-first ...

KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... capability and some areas where they complement our capability," Boele said. "On the sourcing side, KPMG offers has been on the risk side, and they bring the social procurement opportunity. On the built environment side, they have a big, deep sustainability ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... the unanticipated process of adjusting toward a low-carbon economy." Governments are uniquely exposed to both transition risk and physical risk, and these risks are material and growing, according to Sylvain Chateau, Co-Founder, Beyond Ratings. "Governments ...