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AustralianSuper adds sustainable ETFs to platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... systemic changes and the COVID-19 pandemic have focused investors' minds on ESG factors and more companies are being challenged for substandard behaviour and poor management of ESG factors, which ESGI and GRNV avoid. Both ESGI and GRNV are certified ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... objectives, if the purpose of establishing these objectives is not clearly defined, at some point its' going to be challenged. "It could be for a variety of reasons- it could be because a decarbonisation based strategy has led to increased tracking ...

DWS Group Appoints ESG Advisory Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... internationally renowned group of experts to help advance and further accelerate our ESG strategy. I look forward to being challenged and to receive valuable input from our new ESG Advisory Board." The DWS ESG Advisory Board members are Peter Damgaard ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... an understanding of how significant the impacts can be," Birgden said. "We have a lot of work to do and we're being challenged by a lot of the systemic and disruptive impacts of the pandemic. "The main game is agility in the face of systemic risks and ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... because it's the single biggest source of CO2 emissions, and it was the first time that the insurance industry was challenged to restrict their underwriting," said Peter Bosshard, global coordinator of the Unfriend Coal / Insure Our Future Campaign. ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... to leave them a more sustainable planet." Ninety One sees decarbonisation as a growth area in an "otherwise growth-challenged world", there are challenges. "Outside of Europe, the path of environmental policy is difficult to predict at present - most ...

OHS, social license to operate identified as infrastructure risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... of RARE Infrastructure noted that the transport sector has been worst hit. "Transport in particular is particularly challenged with borders, both state and international, being locked out," he said. "They will come back over time, but I suspect that's ...

Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... the sector along," said Kylie Charlton, managing director of Australian Impact Investments. "Enterprises are quite challenged when we go at pay by outcomes, and there is a need to engage organisations at all levels of sophistication." Charlton also noted ...

ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Company boards and directors are "challenged by important elements of non-financial risk management," according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader ASIC this ...

RIAA launches refreshed Certification Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... concise, and disclosed in product disclosure statements and marketing material, Williams said. The new standards have challenged providers with assembling the available documentation on processes and implementation, Williams said. "Funds have come to ...