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Accounting bodies develop guidelines for disclosing to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Goal Disclosure (SDGD) Recommendations are designed to align with and support the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the International Framework and the GRI standards to enhance "identification of material ...

Majority of Australians want greater action on climate change: Glow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada want their governments to do more to combat climate change, according to a poll conducted by research platform Glow. Glow recently released its report Climate Catalyst, based ...

Chronos Sustainability hires Ian Woods for strategic Australian/NZ role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Specialist sustainability advisory firm Chronos Sustainability has announced a strategic association with climate change and responsible investment veteran Ian Woods. Ian Woods, climate change and sustainable investment specialist, Chronos Sustainability ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... our society - meaningful work and jobs," O'Connor said. "If we start with a goal that the primary aim is to solve climate change, it's not going to ring true for many people who are trying to attain work. We have to deliver on the social and ...

Aviva Investors identifies megatrends representing market failures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Aviva Investors has identified three megatrends - climate change, biodiversity loss and anti-microbial resistance - that represent market failures that investors should address with companies and government. Steve Waygood, chief responsible investment ...

Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... operations or business practices. The fund is also an active investor and engages with management teams in invested companies. Climate remains an overarching theme that the fund is actively managing. "An example of a megatrend that we are keeping an ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... common ground, and that comes down to the engagement piece," she said. "We engage with companies on big, broad issues like climate change, remuneration, and social and governance issues that might come up. That's where we can combine our investment power ...

Future Business Council to close, join BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... and advocacy work of FBC. "We're really proud of the work that's been done, particularly things like the reports, the climate related financial disclosures work," Kent said. "Now is the time to really give weight, to cease the fragmentation." The decision ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The COVID-19 pandemic is not likely to halt regulatory and investor expectations around corporate progress on climate change risk, according to MinterEllison. Sarah Barker, head of climate risk governance at Minter Ellison Lawyers MinterEllison recently ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
While business and investment focus in on managing the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change remains a long-term systemic risk that will return to the forefront once the crisis has stabilised, according to AMP Capital. Emily Woodland, head of sustainable ...