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The value of knowing what you own

MARY JANE MCQUILLEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
If 2020 was a year of reaction, ushering some of the biggest changes to daily life in recent memory, 2021 brought what could be called a year of reflection and reassessment. Many questions were social: vaccines were distributed, but where would they ...

Dire IPCC climate report should catalyse investor, business action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The dire warnings in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report should catalyse investors and companies to adjust targets and plans, according to industry groups. The IPCC's special report Global Warming of 1.5°C released this ...

APRA to survey all regulated entities on climate vulnerability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is sending a voluntary climate vulnerability assessment (CVA) survey to all regulated entities to see how their practices align with APRA guidance on managing financial risks of climate change. While ...

NSW rail operator signs $1.8 billion green sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
A NSW passenger train PPP has become the latest entity to sign a $1.8 billion, 21-year green sustainability-linked loan (GSSL). Reliance Rail, which is responsible for the design, manufacture and maintenance of 78 Waratah passenger trains and the maintenance ...

PwC Australia appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
PwC Australia has hired an industry veteran as its first chief sustainability officer. Janette O'Neill joins PwC Australia from QBE Insurance, where she has been group head of sustainability since 2017. In her new role, O'Neill will provide leading ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
HSBC Asset Management has launched an active fixed income fund investing in Asian bonds with a strong bias towards issuers with sound ESG profiles. The HSBC GIF Asia ESG Bond Fund is set up to have a higher ESG score and a lower carbon intensity score ...

Cyber security, COVID and climate change cap CEO concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Cybersecurity risk, COVID-19 and climate change are the top three threats to growth, according to Australia's CEOs. PwC has issued the 25 th CEO survey, which included the views of 50 Australian CEOs as part of the cohort. Overall, Australia's CEOs ...

Proxy adviser reforms overturned by Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The Senate has overturned proxy advice reforms announced at the end of last year, three days after the new regime had begun. On a vote of 29 votes to 25, the Senate disallowed the new regulations that were announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in December ...

Five reasons investors should adopt an active versus passive ESG approach

JOEL CONNELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The importance of integrating ESG related risks and opportunities into investment decisions has become undeniable. The ability for companies to generate superior shareholder returns is increasingly intertwined with ESG and sustainability factors. Consumers ...

Robeco outlines four themes for 2022 engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Robeco has added an additional 12 carbon-intensive companies to a focused engagement aimed at lifting their transition to net zero outcomes. Robeco has established its engagement themes for 2022, with a strong focus on "protecting ...