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Chart: CDP assessment of APRA-regulated entities' climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
As APRA regulated entities digest the implications of Geoff Summerhayes' recent speech, The Sustainability Report asked CDP for the scores of ASX-listed companies in the financial sector as a means to determine which companies are publicly disclosing ...

Remerga launches Emerging Markets Sustainable Leaders Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
Specialist emerging markets investment manager Remerga is launching its first fund, the Emerging Markets Sustainable Leaders Fund. The fund will offer Australian investors access to a concentrated portfolio of stocks in emerging markets including South ...

APRA calls for stress-testing of climate change risks in regulated entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Agency (APRA) will emphasise to regulated entities that they should conduct stress testing for "organisational and systemic resilience in the face of adverse shocks" from climate risk. Sarah Barker, special counsel ...

Australian Shareholders' Association hires Judith Fox

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) has hired Judith Fox as chief executive officer. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute Fox will join ASA on 27 February. She comes to ASA From the Governance Institute of Australia, where she ...

Bribery and corruption cited as sustainability engagement theme for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
Bribery, corruption, and pushing for increased corporate transparency are themes cited by sustainability and engagement specialists as key themes for 2017. Susheela Peres da Costa, deputy managing director, Regnan - Governance Research & Engagement ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures release draft guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has released draft recommendations for comparable disclosures of climate change related risk. Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC The recommendations are structured around four themes -g overnance, strategy ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has signed the Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties, which explicitly links consideration of environmental, social and governance issues to fiduciary responsibility. The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UNEP FI ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
There is continued interest in integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into fixed income portfolios and funds on the retail and institutional side in Australia, but fund managers find that while retail investment in ESG ...

ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is planning to lodge resolutions this annual general meeting (AGM) season to push companies for better disclosure of their direct and indirect political donations. ACCR has released a report ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Three Australian superannuation funds have achieved the highest mark of AAA in the 2016 Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)'s 2016 benchmark index. AODP this week released the 2016 Global Climate 500 Index, which rates the world's 500 biggest asset ...