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NZ climate disclosure legislation to affect Australian entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... for other countries to make climate-related disclosures mandatory." The legislation would lead to reporting against standards that would be issued by New Zealand's External Reporting Board (XRB). These standards would be developed in line with the ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... investing for its green bond strategy, noted Felipe Gordillo, senior ESG analyst at BNP Paribas Asset Management. The standards, definitions and intentions around green bonds have evolved over the past decade from industry-led guidelines such as the ...

Investors shifting to net zero targets: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... green economy, combined with those deep knowledge questions. Clients need to think about data, regulations, accounting standards, and really about strategies. How do you define the winners of the future looking at these sectors and companies. This is ...

Coles sets net zero target with absolute emissions reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... its annual reports, including disclosing to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) voluntary standards. "In our annual reports and TCFD report and in our sustainability strategy, we're acknowledging the impact of climate change ...

AustralianSuper adds sustainable ETFs to platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... 'Responsible Investments' by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) according to the strict standards under the Responsible Investment Certification Program. "VanEck's unique relationship with MSCI, the world's largest provider ...

Consultant launches responsible investment index for manager selection

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... categories, and presents the category scores to clients to help them judge where fund managers are performing by those standards. The index revealed that many managers are integrating at least some of the strategies that characterise responsible investment ...

Corporate super fund sets net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... measuring its organisational greenhouse gas footprint, in line with international and Australian best practice accounting standards. "We are committed to being part of the solution to climate change so will reduce emissions where possible and offset ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... to the guidelines in the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) reporting guidelines. "The reason for that is, we're looking at climate risk at that as a financial risk and ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... portfolio. Then there are also reporting obligations. If you have an obligation to the board because you signed up to certain standards, its' a difficult exercise to go to a number of different managers and aggregate it all together. This tool helps ...

Measuring the gap between ASX board ethics, exec performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... that a motivation for the misbehaviour "seems to be greed - the pursuit of short term profit at the expense of basic standards of honesty." However, the report noted that boards and senior executives were "actively involved and engaged in setting standards ...