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CFA Institute developing disclosure standards for ESG products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Lisa Carroll, chief executive officer of the CFA Societies Australia. "The aim of this project is to develop a voluntary, global industry standard to establish disclosure standards for investment products with ESG related features, to bring about greater ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Walk Free, an initiative of the Minderoo Foundation, have launched a toolkit to help business and investors take action to improve human rights standards in their supply chains and combat forced labour, human trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. ...

Australian business environment amongst world's most resilient: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... to a number of risks, including cyber risk, oil intensity and corporate governance, according to commercial insurer FM Global. Lynette Schultheis, operations manager, FM Global Australia FM Global provides an annual assessment of nearly 130 countries ...

ACCR files resolutions with BHP, AGL for AGM votes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... coal-fired power stations. This resolution is based on AGL's FY2020 scenario analysis which shows that in order to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, AGL would have to close its three remaining coal-fired power stations by approximately ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... critical component, and Rajan cited the success of Climate Action 100+ as an example. "Not only do we want to make sure that global reliance on fossil fuels is reduced, we also want to ensure that the global reliance on other sources of renewable energy ...

GCNA urges government to focus on sustainability in COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery. Kylie Porter, GCNA executive director The 48 signatories to a letter coordinated by the UN Global Compact Network Australia (UN GCNA) called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to use the United Nations Sustainable Development ...

Microfinance provider Grameen Australia hires Adam Mooney

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Global microfinance group Grameen Australia has hired microfinance veteran Adam Mooney as its CEO. Adam Mooney, CEO, Grameen Australia Grameen Australia is part of the global Grameen network, developed by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. In ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Accounts - Sustainable Balanced also had a 5.3% return for the year, with MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals - BlackRock Global Allocation Fund at 4.0%, Australian Catholic Super Personal - Socially Responsible at 2.8% and HESTA Personal Super - EcoPool ...

BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... scenarios, outlining pathways where technology, business and investor action and government policy can be deployed to reach global goals of keeping warming below 1.5 or 2 degrees. The index uses a forward-looking approach using the research outlined ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Events in 2020, including the bushfire season, the COVID-19 pandemic and the "global conversation on inequality highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement" have raised the issues of capacity, resilience and interdependency to the forefront of engagements ...