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Taking a closer look at corporate lobbying on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... directed at defining expectations of corporate lobbying on climate change. These have been helpful and had some notable impact, but have not been as effective as they could be; they have focused on different aspects of lobbying, they have not always ...

COVID-19 risks and impacts disclosure "unprecedented challenge": AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... key principles to assessment of growing concern. Topics covered include overview of major risks and issues, how they can impact the content of the directors' report and, where relevant, the operating and financial review (OFR), how COVID-19 impacts the ...

ESG integration "crucial" to credit investments: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... differently." The newly launched Corporate Debt Index does not explicitly include information on ESG, but it does note the impact of COVID-19 on the overall trends. Janus Henderson's analysis of bond markets shows that companies in its index owe half ...

Sefa selected as lender to government Coronavirus guarantee scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Impact investor Social Enterprise Finance Australia (Sefa) has been selected as a lender as part of the federal government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer of SEFA Sefa is one of ...

First State Super-backed Victorian fund makes first investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... the fund announced that it would change its name to Aware Super in mid-September, signalling its commitment to action and impact. First State Super's recent merger with VicSuper means the fund is Australia's second largest industry fund with more than ...

SASB, GRI announce collaborative workplan for further understanding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have announced a collaborative workplan to drive understanding of how the standards can be used concurrently. In its initial phase, the collaboration will ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management launches ESG integration policy statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Management is working internally, as well as engaging with local regulators and industry bodies across regions, to assess the impact of these regulations and to ensure that we meet all requirements (for example, with our product classifications and disclosures). ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... impacts." The framework allows users to assess risk based on financial as well as alignment risk to certain scenarios. "This impact analysis can be done in several ways - you can try to quantify the raw impact like the number of days that an asset could ...

First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... low-carbon economy, McDonald said. "From a member perspective, because this is about the member and their returns and the impact to their returns, we can invest that money in other industries, sectors, and investments and generate that longer term return," ...

Consortium participants identify impact characteristics of AAP investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... The consortium of philanthropists and investors behind the purchase of the AAP Newswire have labelled the transaction an impact investment motivated by a desire to protect media diversity in Australia. The deal that was announced earlier this month will ...