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Meat and fish producers not managing ESG risks: FAIRR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... relevant companies," Palmer said. "It's great for thinking about the risks associated with the sector - context, best practice, lagging practice, and nine key risk areas. The challenge in the investment space is that unless you're a specialist in the ...

CDSB, TCFD launch knowledge hub for organisational implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) have launched a TCFD Knowledge Hub to provide insights, tools and resources for organisations implementing the TCFD recommendations. The ...

Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... seen improvement, thanks to productive and consultative engagement, and also a case of saying, this is industry best practice and encouraging companies to adopt industry best practice." One of Ausbil's ongoing activities is around engaging companies ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... process, Murphy said. "If a company has poor ESG practices, we look to engage with them," he said. "We know what best practice is, we engage with them on improving those practices. We are prepared to go into companies at the right price.... The other ...

CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... assets through an innovative approach to planning, construction and operations. "This is about investing in global best practice infrastructure to support its important economic potential while proactively addressing the emissions challenge."

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... to ensure it provides an appropriate framework to ensure the corporate governance of ASX listed entities remains best practice." The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) said it was disappointed the government's response didn't go further. "While ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... to test for them." APRA is planning a survey of regulated entities to "gain a better understanding" of emerging best practice, and will also conduct an industry-wide review of climate-related disclosures. APRA has "no immediate plans" to introduce climate-risk ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... agreement between the GRI and The Ethics Centre (formerly the St James Ethics Centre). The Focal Point promotes world's best practice reporting of environmental, social and governance issues by Australian corporations. Prior to that, the federal government ...

Australian Executor Trustees launches strategic partnership, talks impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Services, Superannuation and Corporate Trust. AET focuses on effective philanthropy through leveraging industry best practice and using "the right structures," AET. Part of that includes impact investing, Clark said. "Everything we do we aspire to do ...

Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... up from 77 in the 2016 report. Of those 91, RIAA categorises 16 fund managers as leading managers, representing best practice. "We have pretty much the same number of leading manager implementing ESG integration, but what was interesting to us, we've ...