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APRA chair highlights challenges of climate risk assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... extended time horizon over which climate risks may materialise," Byres said. "The risks that could emerge are novel in nature, and hard to measure with precision. Moreover, the potential for climate risks to have a compounding effect on traditional risk ...

No ESG drag seen in performance test results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Dunnin said. "But sure, some ESG investment strategies may struggle to demonstrate value, but to say that's because of the nature of ESG rather than how a fund has implemented that strategy is a whole other question. "The policy idea to carve-out products ...

Why Australian corporations should act on biodiversity loss and management

LOUISE CAMENZULI, JULIA GREEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... overlooked, are the risks to corporations associated with biodiversity loss. The establishment of the international Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), representing financial institutions, corporates and market service providers ...

ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... the skills in place to actually be able to comprehensively provide appropriate governance between the E the S and the G?" Nature is a third area where Melior has introduced new criteria, such as whether companies are members of the forum on the Taskforce ...

Fixing Australia's complicated carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... pricing as a major challenge for entities. "The spot market for carbon credits is really thinly traded and that thinly traded nature of the market means it's harder for them to price and made decisions on carbon," he said. "That's the number ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... - it is cutting across sectors, which fits with WBCD's strategy that if we want to address climate, we have to look to nature degradation and equity, bringing in that interconnected agenda, and bringing in companies in areas including the built environment ...

Perennial awarded $100m Mercer mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... billion in assets (as at 31 March 2022). "Mercer's long standing track record within the industry further highlights the true nature of an endorsement of this nature into the Perennial Better Future Strategy, and also the strength and the impact sustainable ...

Innova launches ESG model portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... families suffering after decades of civil war in Uganda; Australian Conservation Foundation, which advocates to protect nature and stop climate damage; and Green Fleet, which aims to protect the climate by restoring forests. "We're striking a balance ...

State of the Environment report a wake up call for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... 2021, including 21% of all Australian mammals." There is a general disconnect between the direct impacts businesses have on nature and the general state of the environment, said EY Oceania chief sustainability officer Mathew Nelson. "There is a disconnect ...

Risk management includes expanded ESG list: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... management "begins and ends with the board" and includes a full range of ESG risks including climate change, modern slavery, nature loss and social risks, according to an updated risk management guide from the Governance Institute. Risk management for ...