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Russell Investments to implement new material ESG score methodology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... "better predictors of stock return compared to traditional, non-material ESG scores." The process uses the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board 's (SASB) materiality map as well as the research categories of Sustainalytics, said Scott Bennett, director ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... does that mean when I shift to the front foot?" Burke also said that CDP is working with TCFD and the Sustainability Accounting Standard Board to leverage reporting systems already in place, rather than create new standards that will cost companies time ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... is automobiles and the least risky is real estate, the report found. The U.S. has the highest country incident risk, accounting for 40 percent of all incidents. The relative contribution of domestic firms to a country's incident count varies significantly ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... democratization of capital and the role that fintech and disruptors will play in shaping responsible investment, natural capital accounting, as well as master classes for financial advisers and covering ESG integration. "What we really want to take a ...

Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... theme is the old chestnut - pay for performance," he said. "The corollary to that is particularly the use of aggressive accounting or underlying earnings for the basis for manipulating the performance side. There is a strong degree of skepticism that ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... nascent sustainability reporting movement and turned it into a global phenomenon. There have been ideas around social accounting since the 1970s, but it wasn't until the GRI took on the job of developing a framework with a multi-stakeholder process that ...

ASX100 CEO pay remains below 2009 peak: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... realised pay for CEOs, which they define as "the actual value they receive from equity incentives vesting, not the accounting values required to be disclosed under regulatory requirements." The report found that four ASX100 CEOs earned more than $20 ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... portfolios. So as a business, we have active investment in forest carbon investment projects, and we also have carbon accounting that we do for our clients." New Forests also pursues restoration/conservation projects and seeks to leverage timber products ...

Removing complicity in modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... is a researcher and academic from the University of South Australia. Katherine holds a First Class Honours Degree in Accounting and a PhD in environmental management accounting. Her research interests include but are not limited to, environmental accounting ...

State Street, TruValue Labs to partner in development of AI-assisted ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Street and TruValue Labs will partner to promote the development of ESG data solutions according to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) framework. Dan Gerard, head of Advisory Solutions for Asia Pacific at State Street Global Exchange ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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