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CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... requirements and specific climate-related disclosure requirements. The two documents are designed to form a "comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures designed to meet the information needs of investors in assessing enterprise value," ...

Financial inclusion as risk and opportunity: Principal Financial Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Financial exclusion is both a global risk and an opportunity, with Principal Financial Group announcing it is establishing an index to undercover key drivers of financial exclusion in more than 40 markets. The Global Financial Inclusion Index is being ...

BNP Paribas AM launches sustainable Asia fixed income strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... offers exposure to sustainable urbanisation trends in Asia. The BNP Paribas Sustainable Asian Cities Bond strategy is the global fund manager's first Asia-focused fixed income strategy that is classified as an SFDR Article 9 fund under EU legislation ...

Australia's C-Suite cite climate change as chief concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... greater understanding of the frameworks that have been adopted globally and companies starting to be conscious of their global peer and how they are performing on reporting, plus the degree to which they are both developing strategy for these kinds of ...

Blackmores inks $75m sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... how deeply we embed these goals into our organisation so that every member of our team is working together to address our global challenges," said Blackmores group head of sustainability Sally Townsend. "Increasing accountability for our sustainability ...

ESG indicators a risk warning for credit: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... rate them lower and we need a significantly higher return to compensate for that risk," Morabito said. "Also, most of our global credit portfolios now have a limit to the amount of environmental risk they can take on. It's like a budget - increasingly ...

Strong growth in cleantech VC investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... is growing, but for the success of a number of these projects, they need the tech-focussed staff as well, and there's a global demand on those individuals." "Institutional investors are absolutely committed to larger allocations of capital into early-stage ...

AASB considering ISSB sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian standards. AASB is consulting on the recently draft International Sustainability Standards Board's drafts for global sustainability and climate change accounting standards. It is also working through the feedback from a proposed interim climate ...

Sustainability, growth drive NextGen family business: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... are at the heart of the next generation of family business leaders, according to research from PwC. According to PwC's Global NextGen Survey 2022, 65% of next generation (NextGen) family business members say achieving business growth is a top priority. ...

Investor backing for Say on Climate votes: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Active Super (8 votes), AMP (1), AustralianSuper (16), CareSuper (5), NGS Super (5), QSuper (15) and Unisuper (2). Fifteen global investment managers supported all Say on Climate resolutions at companies they held in 2021: Abrdn (18), AllianceBernstein ...