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ESG, corporate purpose top CEOs' agenda: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... and overseas believing government stimulus was needed to turbo-charge business climate change investments." In terms of material social issues, CEOs believe they will increasingly be held personally responsible for driving progress on social issues ...

Climate transition a business opportunity: Geoff Summerhayes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... he emphasised "[s]ome climate risks are distinctly 'financial' in nature. Many of these risks are foreseeable, material and actionable now."

SGX proposes mandatory TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) has proposed making the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines mandatory for all entities listed on the exchange. The Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) is also proposing enhancements ...

IFM Investors sets 2030 emissions target

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... tons of CO2e, a 40% reduction on 2019 levels. FM also announced it would restrict investments in any assets that derive material amounts (more than 20%) of revenue from thermal coal, while targeting zero coal exposure for its existing infrastructure ...

Asset consultants keep gates closed on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... philosophy/policy/resourcing/collective action/stewardship reporting," Alcock said. Assessing whether fund managers are integrating ESG and material issues like climate change should be a holistic process, said Jeffrey Chee head of portfolio strategy ...

NAB launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... said David Jenkins, global head of sustainable finance, National Australia Bank. "The financial incentive can be more material than it would be in the loan context by virtue of the fact that if you think about how derivatives work, the longer the tenor ...

ASX companies not disclosing labour hire risks: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... intermediary, but it is the host company who oversees the workers' day-to-day work." ACCR notes that a company's workforce mix is material to its performance, and decisions by companies about how they structure their workforces will have long term impacts ...

NSW Land Registry Services in $300m sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Mathews, head of sustainable finance, Westpac Institutional Bank. "These were identified by the company as areas that are material to them and the sustainability targets were developed in an iterative process," Bailey said. "The anchor KPIs are the reduction ...

Santos sued over clean energy, net zero claims

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... and ACCR claims these statements convey that the extraction of fossil gas, and the end-use of that gas, does not have a material adverse effect on the environment. In terms of its net zero representations, ACCR alleges that in its 2020 Annual Report ...

CEFC invests in specialist disability accommodation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... ceilings, window shading, energy efficient air conditioning, ceiling fans and solar panels. These measures will deliver a material carbon benefit over the lifetime of the dwellings, with the platform aiming to be carbon neutral within two years. "This ...