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New Forests increases California forestry holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Nature based real assets and natural capital strategies manager New Forests has purchased approximately 108,000 acres of forestry estate in Northern California. The estate consists of productive mixed conifers, including fir and pine, in the Mount Shasta ...

US SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a disclosure regime for ESG-related funds and advisers that would see funds disclose information on strategies, progress and achievement. The proposed changes would see the creation of three ...

Strong flow of new ESG funds brought to market: Equity Trustees

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
There is a strong issuance of funds with explicit ESG themes being brought to market by responsible entity provider Equity Trustees. Equity Trustees has said that of the 100 funds that they launched over the past 24 months, 34% were global equity funds ...

RIAA certifies two Real Asset Management funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has certified two fund strategies from Real Asset Management (RAM). The RAM Australian Diversified Fixed Income Fund and RAM Diversified Fixed Income and Credit SMA have been approved under RIAA's ...

Australian Shareholders' Association issues net zero policy for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) has issued its first ESG and climate change policy, calling on ASX200 companies to commit to net zero by 2050. In its first climate change policy, the ASA called upon ASX200 companies to align their ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Increasing use of cloud-based technology and services can yield not only technology gains, but also assist Australian companies in reducing carbon emissions, according to research from Deloitte. In a recent report, Deloitte noted that cloud-based technologies ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Quantity and quality of climate disclosures by Australian companies will improve, with or without a government mandate, according to CBA. In a recent report by CBA's sustainable economics team, the bank noted that regulations including the US Securities ...

Ratification of Forced Labour Protocol to impact Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian government recently ratified the Forced Labour Protocol, committing the federal government to enhanced responses to one of the sources of modern labour. The ratification, which occurred before the May 14 Federal election was called, brings ...

HESTA "unlikely to support" AGL demerger without faster closure of coal-fired stations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
HESTA is "unlikely to support" the demerger of AGL unless the company sets a clear strategy to invest in renewables and storage and "strong commitments" to close coal-fired power plants earlier than currently proposed. "To lower systemic risk and protect ...

AASB considering ISSB sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) is considering how to integrate climate change and sustainability-related financial accounting standards into Australian standards. AASB is consulting on the recently draft International Sustainability ...