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The TCFD framework - What is it and how can it be applied to investment analysis?

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... market-driven initiative, set up to develop a set of recommendations for voluntary and consistent climate-related financial risk disclosures in mainstream filings. Responsible Investor reported that the UK's government and financial regulators have ...

Identifying climate change risks in investment analysis

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... introduction of a carbon price (both within Australia and globally, which may affect demand for exports), compulsory carbon risk disclosure by listed companies and associated revaluation risks as well as mandates on and regulation of existing products ...

Rethinking ethics and code of conduct training

ATTRACTA LAGAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... well-known workplace ethical challenges being unacknowledged and remaining unaddressed. Such training can also blindside risk managers, boards and regu-lators into a false sense of security that employees are aware of the specific industry challenges ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... impacts of COVID-19 will exacerbate conditions causing modern slavery in supply chains, opening up investor and business risk as well as questions about compliance with Modern Slavery Act reporting. Earlier this week, Assistant Minister for Customs ...

ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... action. Investors around the world view companies that ignore or disregard the importance of ESG issues to be a significant risk to their portfolios. Specifically, investors in the cannabis industry have seen significant share price volatility and many ...

Why sustainability matters in real estate

CHRIS NUNN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... substantial global bodies, like the World Economic Forum, that sustainability is a business megatrend, one that carries substantial risk if we collectively fail to act. The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Landscape Report 2020 lists the top 10 ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... have less leverage, and debt than companies led by professional [non-founder] management, because they don't want to risk the long term business to make the short term look good," said Ian Carmichael, portfolio manager and partner, Fairlight Asset ...

Australia "woefully unprepared": Australian Climate Roundtable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... climate change, and coordination will ensure effective and efficient allocation of resources. "Climate change poses a systemic risk to the jobs and growth of the Australian economy," said Emma Herd, chief executive officer of IGCC. "Ambitious, concerted ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Tinto." "Not only was priceless heritage destroyed and the costs borne by shareholders as a result, but we had believed this risk to be well managed in our portfolio," she said. "This has prompted us to renew our focus on ensuring fair and sustainable ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
A growing number of ASX-listed companies are reporting on commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but the quality of disclosure "remains lacking," according to a new report from RMIT University and the United Nations Association of ...