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Directors, senior executives have obligation to consider climate change: Norton Rose Fulbright

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... corporate directors. The TFCD draft recommendations are framework aimed at putting climate change risk related reporting at the core of public financial reporting in a way that is both flexible and standardised. De Wit noted that it is not, in her view ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... engagement with the companies in which they invest, compared to 70% in the US and 58% in EMEA. SSgA believes that engagement is a core part of their business as a fund manager, Anderson said. "It's important for us to have an active engagement as the ...

IGCC, AIGCC publish investor disclosure guide aligned to TCFD recommendations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... carbon economy and so have a responsibility to deliver the information our stakeholders need," The guide is organised around "core principles, effective narrative and the selection of appropriate metrics": The core principles are designed to help investors ...

Teachers Mutual Bank joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... recognised as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. "Doing business ethically and sustainably are core values that drive our model of mutual banking," said Steve James, chief executive officer of Teachers Mutual Bank. ...

RIAA conference to consider impact of consumer demand for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... effect particularly in the NZ market with the KiwiSaver expose and the way it's shifted the mood to be responsible across all core KiwiSaver products." RIAA has launched Responsible Returns, a website to match retail investors and financial advisers ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Affordable and Clean Energy; Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth. Toohill at Westpac states that Goal 8 is "very much the core of the role of a responsible bank, a bank that integrates sustainability into heart". On top of those, the three banks ...

BNP Paribas to develop products around Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... corporations have a major role to play. This is the idea behind the Goal 17 Partnership for the Goals. Sustainability is at the core of BNP Paribas' strategy - we want to deliver long term solutions for our clients and do business which has a positive ...

Ethical Investment Week to bust the ethical investment return myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... can be quite targeted in going for fossil fuel free fund." According to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, core responsible investment management stands at AU$51.5 billion in AUM, a 60% increase on 2015, and a doubling of funds in the ...

AIGCC launches, releases survey on climate risk, responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Asian-Pacific financial industry has made a "significant shift" towards embedding climate risk and responsible investment into core business, but more work is needed in the region, according to a new report from the new Asia Investor Group on Climate ...

AMP Capital, CSIRO back renewable energy tech startup Evergen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... markets are becoming aware that this stuff makes sense," Platt said. "We're launching with a focus on residential, but our core technology is absolutely suited to commercial applications. AMP Capital has a strong interest in commercial properties, and ...

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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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