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Successful merger for social and inequality reporting framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Two initiatives focusing on inequality-related and social-related financial disclosures have successfully consolidated into a single taskforce to address related risks in reporting. The initiatives - the Taskforce on Inequality-related Financial Disclosures ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... implementing transition plans to deliver on robust targets." As part of Phase 2, Climate Action 100+ has also evolved its benchmark, which measures target companies' progress on stated goals. The new benchmark has introduced new sub-indicators around ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... portfolios have all outperformed their benchmarks. The Ethinvest Balanced Portfolio returned 9.52% against its Morningstar benchmark return of 7.57%, the conservative portfolio returned 7.63% against the Morningtar benchmark of 4.8%, and the growth portfolio ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... providers, warning them that in the FCA's general view, ESG disclosures are poor. "There were often instances where benchmark administrators did not provide sufficient detail and description of the ESG factors considered in their benchmark methodologies," ...

ASIC takes Vanguard to court over further greenwashing claims

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... provide a sufficiently detailed explanation that certain debt issuers lacking research coverage were still included in the benchmark," Vanguard said. "As a result, it is possible the portfolio held exposure to certain securities that may not have been ...

Traditional Owners to lead Pilbara renewables rollout on exclusive native title land

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... England solar farm near Uralla, NSW. Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton commented that the agreement sets a new benchmark for meaningful participation by Indigenous Australians in the clean energy transition. "It represents the kind of leadership ...

TCorp auctions $400m sustainability bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... assets when they become available." "There was a very small pricing benefit by issuing in this format versus our nominal benchmark bonds, as these assets are highly sought-after." The ESG curve has four ESG bonds outstanding across different maturities ...

Cleaning up diversity-washing boosts business performance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Financy, creator of the Financy Women's Index, recently launched anti-DEI-washing app Impacter to help businesses self-assess, improve business outcomes, and move towards best practice on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The new cloud-based ...

Singapore to scale climate data with CDSC NZDPU partnership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... will enhance tracking of companies' climate commitments, and give companies access to the NZDPU's global database to benchmark decarbonisation efforts. Companies that participate would affirm their climate transition commitments at the global level ...

RIAA CEO Simon O'Connor to exit after 10 years

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... blocks of an impactful and sustainable financial services sector will land in the next couple of years." RIAA's Benchmark Report 2023 - an annual study tracking the size, growth and performance of responsible, ethical and impact investment industry ...