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CAER urges investors to consider ESG risks of cannabis companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... passed internationally to legalise parts of the industry." CAER also cited uncertainty around local geograpnhical regulations, citing that although some US states have legalised cannabis for recreational and/or medical purposes, US Attorney Jeff Sessions ...

Cement companies need to "more than double" emissions reductions: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... regulation of the cement sector has been light, "but rising ambitions for low carbon cities and tightening building regulations could drive change up the chain." CDP noted that the best performing companies were located in India, "thanks to reducing ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Australian perspective, '95 was the year that buybacks started to become a factor," he said, "with the introduction of new regulations that make buybacks more feasible. In the US that transition happened much earlier, in 1982, but they really took off ...

Sustainalytics outlines ten key global ESG risks for 2018

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... incidents involving emissions, effluents and waste in 15 countries around the world. Other key risks this year include new regulations on consumer protection, such as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and mounting risks from ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... that Thorn said some time ago that they were going to transition all contracts to be in step with what the future regulations are expected to be," said Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management's outgoing CEO. "The government's most recent statement is that ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... means the so-called transition risks are unavoidable: changes to market sentiment, new financial or environmental regulations, or the emergence of new technologies with the potential to prompt a reassessment of the value of a large range of assets, and ...

ANZ Bank identifies climate change as component within credit risk, talks TCFD guidelines in 2017 Annual Review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... incorporates the risks associated with us lending to customers who could be impacted by climate change or by changes to laws, regulations, or other policies adopted by governments or regulatory authorities, including carbon pricing and climate change ...

IGCC survey finds institutional investors seeking to increase low-carbon investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... efficiency and green investments in real estate through NABERS and Green Star as core frameworks, and mandatory disclosure regulations at property lease and sale "may have also increased awareness of green credentials in this asset class." "With real ...

Vigeo Eiris assesses "ongoing, serious" misconduct cases in global banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... 82.7% of the banks are involved in controversies related to compliance breaches (such as breaches of money laundering regulations, violations of economic sanctions, etc.. "What's really interesting in the research, or what the research in that paper ...

WA ranks 8th globally in National Resource Governance Institute assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Daniel Kaufmann, NRGI president and CEO. "It is encouraging that dozens of countries are adopting extractives laws and regulations, but often these are not matched by meaningful action in practice." NRGI assessed Western Australia - as opposed to Australia ...