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Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... barriers preventing the full adoption of the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in corporate reporting. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Lawyers Last year, the Senate Standing Committee on ...

Russell Investments to implement new material ESG score methodology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... United-Nations backed Principles for Responsible Investment. "We have been incorporating ESG for a long time now, long before the TCFD came out with recommendations," Bennet said. "And we've been focusing on not just the risks of climate change, but ...

KPMG event tells companies to consider the "What ifs" of climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... for climate-related disclosures, particularly as companies begin applying the Task Force on Climate Related Disclosures (TCFD) to their annual reporting at the end of the fiscal year. "We are definitely seeing a step change - there is not a board meeting ...

Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... changes to corporate reporting standards and thinks like the [Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure guidelines] TCFD and instead of having them bat it around as a theoretical concept, as these things are being developed, companies and governments ...

UNEP FI select Oliver Wyman, Mercer as expert advisers on TCFD-related project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... after the final recommendations by the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). "One of the buzzwords in the sustainable finance world is 'mainstreaming'," said Eric Usher, the Head of UNEP FI. "For ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... accelerate the process." Summerhayes specifically addressed the FSB's Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations in his speech. "The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures report sets out clear expectations ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... disclosure of climate risk aligned to the guidelines developed by the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the non-binding shareholder votes at ExxonMobil and Chevron, as well as strategies such as voting proxies as leading to ...

ANZ Bank identifies climate change as component within credit risk, talks TCFD guidelines in 2017 Annual Review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... carbon strategy, management, metrics and targets as aligned with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in its 2017 Annual Review. ANZ reported $6.9 billion in cash profit, and an 11.9% cash return on equity as well as a 20% reduction ...

WBCSD survey finds continued progress in quantity, quality of sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... in 2013. "Given it's the fifth report and given that it comes out roughly at the same time you've have the release of the TCFD reporting guidelines, its relevance is even greater," said Andrew Petersen, CEO of SBA. "Disclosure and engagement will get ...

IGCC annual conference discusses managing climate change risk, solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... depth," which is challenging as a ratings agency. Serov identified the Task-force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines as an initiative that they support as leading to "more homogenous and systematic disclosures." Cheang also highlighted ...