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CFA launches ESG certificate in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
CFA Societies Australia has launched a world-first ESG investing certification for Australia. The CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing in Australia will offer investment professionals the benchmark knowledge and skills they require to integrate ...

Evidence of ESG's impact "inconclusive": Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
The evidence that global equity ESG funds can improve returns or reduce risk on average is "inconclusive," according to Morningstar. Fund flows into sustainable investments is growing strongly. According to research from Rainmaker Information, a net ...

Accounting bodies commit to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... emissions initiative. CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) have today joined 12 other global and national accounting bodies in an initiative of The Prince of Wales' Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Project Accounting ...

Managing biodiversity loss a governance risk: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... said. Much of the intensive agricultural activity that impinges on biodiversity constitutes a relatively small part of global benchmarks, Roc-Sennett notes. "Staples are around 7% of the benchmark weight, but it's most of what the planet does," he said. ...

Aurecon creates new sustainability leadership role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... work we will ever do in terms of making a positive contribution to society." Aurecon is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and is a supporter of the Australian Industry Energy Transition Initiative to accelerate the impact of emissions ...

Tightening climate focus on world's biggest emitters: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... giant to set short-, medium- and long-term decarbonisation targets in line with the Paris Agreement's mandate to keep global warming below 2 degrees C. The resolution called for those targets to apply to both of AGL's future demerged businesses ...

Stewart Investors launches emerging markets sustainability fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors has launched its Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Leaders Sustainability Fund in Australia. The fund invests "in high-quality, mid- to large-cap companies that are considered to be well positioned to benefit from, and contribute to, sustainable ...

Fragmented ESG regulation in APAC a challenge: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Asia, Japan, and Australia and New Zealand combined as of June 2021, a 240% from Q2 2020. She also pointed to MSCI's 2021 Global Institutional Investor survey, which found that 79% percent of APAC investors increased ESG investments "significantly" or ...

Australian companies under "extreme pressure" over ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... executives from large public and private companies. More than 100 of the respondents were from Australia. FTI Consulting is a global management consultancy. Almost all of the Australian companies that responded - 97% - report having increased their commitment ...

ESG integration challenged by regional regulation, data: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... this point probably the blueprint, if you can call it that for setting a standard, but if I was to compare this to say the global investment performance standards from the CFA, that's where we need to get it to," Gwynne said. "There's certainly ...