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Accountants to play central role in ESG developments: CPA Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... year, and there will be greater scrutiny to address greenwashing, to examine balance sheets and business models for resilience in the face of climate change, said CPA Australia general manager external affairs Jane Rennie. The "mixed outcomes" from COP26 ...

Decarbonisation a key megatrend in private markets: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... trillion in 2018. BlackRock says they believe "private markets risk premia are still attractive and can offer portfolio resilience" going ahead. The global fund manager identified the pace of change in sustainable investing in private markets as a lead ...

Tracking sustainability as quantitative strategy: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... be considered a proxy for long-term forward planning and thinking in companies, and "can signal a different kind of resilience from that which is found on financial statements." AQE has created sustainability scores and use those scores to complement ...

Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... companies. These are the companies that are pivoting their busines model for a net zero future and developing their climate resilience across the value chain. Looking at market valuations through this transition lens allows us to point out significant ...

Australia among "least attractive" countries for green investment: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... ambitious pre-2030 action; ensure COVID-19 economic recovery plans support the transition to net zero emissions and enhance resilience, and commit to implementing mandatory climate risk disclosure requirements aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related ...

Australian companies under "extreme pressure" over ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... and strengthen reputations in the next 12 months, according to a survey from FTI Consulting. The FTI Consulting 2021 Resilience Barometer is a survey of more than 2,800 C-Suite and senior manager executives from large public and private companies. More ...

AXA IM looks to launch forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... crisis is considered a macro theme, and has established an ESG strategy around three pillars - decarbonisation, climate resilience and a shift in policy to support that intent, both internally and in working with regulators and authorities. "As a real ...

Monetary Authority of Singapore hires chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... The group will coordinate MAS' green finance and sustainability agenda - "strengthen the financial sector's resilience against environmental risks; develop a vibrant green finance ecosystem to support Asia's transition to a low-carbon future ...

Climate transition a business opportunity: Geoff Summerhayes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... following scenarios to setting pathways towards the net zero future, and moving from looking at company risk to system resilience and value. "Scale is important, but you can achieve scale in a number of ways," he said. Summerhayes has a track record ...

SGX proposes mandatory TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... RegCo CEO Tan Boon Gin. "The proposals today are aimed at helping our issuers meet these demands and to build their resilience to climate risks. "Some business sectors are more carbon intensive and hence climate risks affect them more significantly compared ...