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RIAA tapped to run TNFD consultation group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... 2023. During COP26, then-Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said Australia will join the TNFD forum along with the UK, France and Switzerland. Parker said that RIAA expects this to continue under the new Labor government. "It was encouraging to ...

Australia's C-Suite cite climate change as chief concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian respondents said they fall short in ESG reporting and performance, lagging other major economies like the US, UK, France, Germany, and Brazil. "There is a greater understanding of the frameworks that have been adopted globally and companies ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... year. "The UK ranks higher than ever this year when compared internationally, with the FTSE 100 in second place behind France. The UK voluntary business-led approach is not only working, but also provides a clear and encouraging model for those countries ...

Global fund manager buys Australian forestry asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... industry. In addition to the 24,000 hectares in the GTFP asset, AXA IM Alts also owns nearly 60,000 hectares of forest in France, Finland and Ireland. AXA IM Alts will seek to increase the carbon sequestration activity of the GTFP in addition to harvesting ...

State Street launches ESG service for securities lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
State Street Global Markets has established an ESG-aware commingled cash collateral reinvestment strategy for clients of its agency lending program. The Agency Lending team of State Street Global Markets has partnered with State Street Global Advisors ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Other sectors fell back: by 50% in consumer staples and 35% in energy. On a sector basis, most issuance originated from France - 18% of the overall total. Germany and the US issued approximately 10% each. In Asia Pacific, South Korea, Japan and China ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... S&P500 companies' earnings per share by 1-13% and Europe Stoxx600 earnings per share by 2- 22%. "If you make a product in France, the product will still be green by its nature, b/c the electricity is low carbon," he explained. "If you make the same product ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... pointed to regulatory changes as guiding their interest, citing the signing of the Paris Agreement, legal changes such as France's legislative move to require mandatory carbon reporting for companies as well as pension investors; and California's Insurance ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... NGOs including 350.org, ClientEarth (UK), Foundation Development YES - Open-Pit Mines NO (Poland), Friends of the Earth France, Greenpeace, Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente (Spain), Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society ...

Companies have responsibility to meld profit and purpose: IBM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... workforce. IBM's Global Purpose Study used an international sample of 7,020 adults in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. Future of work and education ...