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Enhanced ESG reporting linked to funding outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... companies to measure and report their value on sustainability metrics aligned with the World Economic Forum (WEF) ESG framework. Six ASX-listed companies signed up to partner with Socialsuite on the platform - Euro Manganese Inc, Vulcan Energy, Elixir ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... "It opens up a whole bunch of other possibilities. The conversation around directors has shifted very rapidly in the past six months." There has to be "a new age of director nominations," said Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia and New Zealand research ...

JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Investment consulting firm JANA has hired Rachel Halpern as its first head of sustainability. Rachel Halpern joins JANA from Westpac Group, where she was executive manager for risk. She has had an established advisory career covering risk and commercial ...

Modern slavery, Indigenous heritage, climate change top agenda: Paradice IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... need to be on top of it." In late 2020, Nick Varcoe joined the firm as head of ESG. "A lot of what I've done in the first six months has been the formalisation of the process, as opposed to the creation of a process and packaging it in a way that is ...

SGX-listed companies improving sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... followed by the mid-cap entities, with an average increase of 10 points, and big-cap entities with an average increase of six points. The SGX mandated sustainability reporting for all listed entities in 2017. The review also finds that there is an overall ...

"Booming" demand for ESG specialists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... hired Carlos Castillo as a senior analyst. Castillo was most recently at Ellerston Capital where he was part of a team of six managing around $3 billion in Australian equities, and previously worked as a senior portfolio manager and Australian equities ...

New CEO search underway for IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
The chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) will step down after six years in the role to join a leading professional services firm. Emma Herd joined IGCC in 2015 following fifteen years in sustainable finance in the banking ...

ASX100 ESG underperformers in global manager's crosshairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... be a plethora of human capital related disclosure," Colton said. "The quality and quantity is going to explode in the next six to 12 months. When you think about employee voice, for example, there is a link between employee voice and high performing ...

Investors confident in Australian renewables sector: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Investors are "overwhelmingly confident" in the outlook for Australian renewables, with state and territory programs to stimulate renewable energy, according to MinterEllison. MinterEllison has published the Australian Renewables Report 2021, which ...

Macquarie Asset Management joins net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... criteria, and action is being taken in line with the commitments. The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative is managed globally by six founding partner investor networks: Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), CDP, Ceres, Investor Group on Climate ...