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Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... social and governance (ESG) considerations into its operating principles. The first two companies to list on SSX will be Australian cleantech energy company AGEO Resources and Australian medical technology company ANNSCA Medical. SSX, which received ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... others are tweaking aspects of the financial system to help solve these and other challenges. There is a call for the Australian Government to complement these actions and do more to legitimise investors and businesses using finance to create impact. ...

ASX200 hits 30% target for women on boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Women now comprise 30% of ASX200 board positions for the first time, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). In April 2015, AICD set a voluntary target for 30% of board seats to be filled by women by the end of 2018. At the ...

Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... partner of Energy Transition Advisors (ETA), outlined the assumptions underpinning the forecast and what it means for the Australian financial sector. There are few signals that governments will act forcefully on climate change in the next 2 years, Fulton ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) has homed in on six critical challenges that the financial services sector must address. Simon O'Connor, CEO RIAA ASFI is a collaborative initiative supported by insurers, superannuation funds, investment ...

Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... "imprudent" for directors and executives to believe they were safe from legal challenges. "It would be imprudent for any Australian director to look at the Exxon judgement as providing cover for avoiding disclosures on climate related financial risks," ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... investment activity (up from 44% in 2016), highlighting how responsible investing is increasingly being embedded within Australian investment markets. "There has been a big step up in reporting around responsible investment from the super funds," O'Connor ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Interest in responsible investing is broadly consistent across all age demographics, according to research by asset management firm Franklin Templeton. Graph courtesy of Franklin Templeton "There seems to be growing awareness among the public that both ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Australian insurers QBE and Suncorp are among global insurers and reinsurers withdrawing cover for new coal projects, according to the third annual Unfriend Coal scorecard. Seventeen of the world's biggest insurer have announced they are withdrawing ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... has an entire page dedicated to its positive ratings and recommendations around sustainability perfomance. Even the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), which was instrumental in communicating to Westpac that their initial response ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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