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Supermarket group signs 10-year renewable deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the first Australian retail target to be endorsed by the UN-backed Science-Based Targets Initiative in line with the business's contribution to limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees. NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean said he was pleased to see more companies ...

SGX CEO calls for increased international collaboration on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Regulation (SGX RegCo) and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. Loh also said the focus should be on building a resilient ecosystem, wheresustainability isn't looked at in isolation. ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management augments APAC sustainability team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... investing. She will lead region-wide commercial efforts and will be responsible for working with key regional teams across the business to help advance JPMAM's efforts to promote and manage sustainable investing solutions. She will also focus on working ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... focus, the investor focus, that a robust consideration would suggest that doing nothing and relying on the fact that business as usual assumptions will continue to apply over the forward planning horizon is reasonable and likely," Barker said. "Because ...

ASX companies join 40:40 Vision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... rewards, because there's compelling evidence that better gender balance in leadership is not just fairer, but also good for business - resulting in better performance, better profits and better corporate governance," Blakey said. "This shows the positive ...

Singapore Stock Exchange to launch carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is developing a carbon exchange and marketplace with an aim to launch by the end of 2021. SGX, in conjunction with DBS, Standard Chartered and Temasek, are developing Climate Impact X (CIX), aimed at providing entities with ...

Modern slavery, Indigenous heritage, climate change top agenda: Paradice IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... are additional pieces and tools that we have added, but the base level ESG integration stems from the investment teams business analysis." Paradice has developed engagement tools for meeting with company management, aligning materiality issues to the ...

SGX-listed companies improving sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Regulation (SGX RegCo) and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. Small-cap listed entities posted the largest increase in average scores - 13 points, followed by the mid-cap ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... as it generally does with other impact strategies in the firm. "We're identifying the companies up front where the business model and impact go hand-in-hand," Signori said. "We do work on our end to build out an evidence base, conduct research and ...

Science-Based Targets an indicator of future climate action: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... looking out long term, those are the types of companies that are going to identify transition risk as a potential risk to business and will focus on decarbonisation process as a way to manage that risk." This plays out in securities selection in fixed ...