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Climate change "a first-order risk": RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... whether we think these adjustments are appropriate or fair, they are happening and we need to take account of that. The material risk is that these forces are going to intensify from here."

CFA launches ESG certificate in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... in ESG Investing will enable practitioners working in investment roles who want to learn how to analyse and integrate material ESG factors into their day-to-day roles," Carroll told FS Sustainability. "It will also be suitable for anyone looking to improve ...

Evidence of ESG's impact "inconclusive": Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
The evidence that global equity ESG funds can improve returns or reduce risk on average is "inconclusive," according to Morningstar. Fund flows into sustainable investments is growing strongly. According to research from Rainmaker Information, a net ...

GHG emissions, diversity top concerns for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... relating to cybersecurity was a new option and ranked equal third with Modern Slavery, in areas that will become more material in the coming years. "The importance of modern slavery and cybersecurity is not really surprising, given that they're topics ...

Tightening climate focus on world's biggest emitters: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... trade groups and affiliations. Amongst the 30 companies, only three of them have taken a strong line on disclosing their material relationships, and have taken the bolder step to sever ties with associations that are most vociferously pushing back on ...

CEFC, Future Super back green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... projects." Artesian uses a three-stage process to evaluate bond issuance, evaluating a company and its performance on material ESG issues, evaluating its overall credit-worthiness, and finally assessing the bond itself for its impact. "The last step ...

Weighing litigation risk of net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... confidential basis," Millar said. "I think it's important that where information is being shared in those forums, if it is material to the market it should be disclosed more widely." In a separate interview with FS Sustainability, Melior Investment ...

Australian companies under "extreme pressure" over ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... long-term risk management and scenario planning, and a lot of that comes with business transformation." As companies identify material ESG issues and begin to report on those issues, they realise they need more data and that feeds into a business transformation ...

Boards have responsibility to manage ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Ethics and managing material ethical issues is a board responsibility, but directors can be at risk of having tunnel vision and not recognising the impacts of their decisions, according to the Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership. Cranlana Centre ...

Greenpeace reveals greenwashing ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... country's largest environmental organisation and conducts public campaigns around biodiversity, pollution, and use of nuclear material. The organisation's use of direct action, such as protests, has been a source of controversy in a number of instanc ...