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First State Super on Climate Action 100+, engagement, and fund strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... midst of an AGM season in which several Australian listed companies are facing shareholder resolutions related to climate risk disclosure and management, First State Super, one of the signatories to the Climate Action 100+ coalition, reflects on the ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian listed equities benchmark has slightly less unmanaged environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk than benchmarks in the US, UK and Canada, with the exception of the Australian materials sector, which has relatively more risk than ...

CBI, WWF call upon central banks, prudential regulators for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Developing and expanding response mechanisms using central banks prudential regulation & monetary policy toolkit to offset climate risk and support orderly transition is the next stage." The report further calls on central banks to deliberately skew ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... infrastructure in the United States. The resolutions follow others challenging Rio Tinto, QBE, Suncorp and AGL to manage climate risk. IAG and Origin Energy face similar resolutions at their AGMs in the coming weeks as well. It will be a busy season ...

ACSI issues updated Governance Guidelines for ASX300 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Financial Services Royal Commission and stressing the need to incorporate environmental, social and governance issues into risk frameworks. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO The 2019 Governance Guidelines are "a statement of our members' expectations about the ...

ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Company boards and directors are "challenged by important elements of non-financial risk management," according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader ASIC this ...

Sustainable practices can yield sustainable profits: Calvert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Companies that have sustainability practices with strategic differences to peers are associated with higher rates of return on capital, according to a paper from Calvert Research and Management. Anne B. Matusewicz, CAIA, responsible investment strategy ...

Put climate resilience at the core of business strategy: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... through the transformation, launched to coincide with the UN Climate Action Statement. The report's theme is that "enterprise risk management and transformation to resilient business models are key elements in building business climate resilience." The ...

Rainmaker Group acquires The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... communicate their ESG risks and opportunities, and how Australian institutional asset owners and asset managers are using ESG risk/reward analysis to mitigate risk and provide sources of long-term investment return. Audacious Investing was launched in ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... impact of climate change on financial returns in investment portfolios means that the same elderly people who will be most at risk from climate change's physical impacts could also be at most risk of reduced superannuation savings, driven by physical ...