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Industry reacts to ASIC greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... kind of reporting is made mandatory. ASIC has not announced that they are setting any mandatory standards around ESG disclosure, however the European Union's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) regime has brought a level of regulation ...

ASIC: improve greenwashing disclosure or risk penalty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Investments Commission's (ASIC) recent information sheet on greenwashing is focused on improving practices on ESG disclosure in managed funds and superannuation, with the regulator saying it would consider enforcement action if they see "egregious ...

US SEC proposes rules for climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... body for the sustainable investment industry, noted that they initially asked the SEC to establish a comprehensive ESG disclosure framework in 2009. "The US SIF Foundation's 2020 Report on US Sustainable and Impact Investing Trends identified climate ...

Leadership essential in implementing ESG: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters) Amendment Bill in New Zealand, which impose mandatory ESG disclosure obligations. The challenge is that data required of asset managers, as part of SFDR is currently difficult to access ...

ASX200 ESG reporting increases, but gaps remain: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... directors obtain comfort over the veracity of periodic ESG and other non-financial reporting. Lifting the game on ESG disclosure is being driven by meeting stakeholder questions and expectations, PwC noted. The expectations and education of stakeholders ...

Fragmented ESG regulation in APAC a challenge: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... "This could force long term change on APAC, but the different speeds at which individual regulators are addressing ESG disclosure requirements indicate that the fragmented approach to ESG data in APAC will remain in the short to medium term," Founta ...

ASIC reviewing greenwashing in financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... evidence to substantiate any ESG related product claims." Boele also pointed to the forthcoming CFA Institute's ESG Disclosure Standard for Investment Products as another framework that uses "high level principles and concepts to guide investment managers ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... comprehensive, clear and globally aligned regulation. If different regulatory regimes are established in each country, ESG disclosure requirements for asset managers could become misaligned with those required of the underlying companies in their portfolios. ...

ASX100 ESG underperformers in global manager's crosshairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... laggards] was a pretty low bar in terms of, if you are a laggard in a major index, we really want to focus in on your ESG disclosure and performance." SSGA will expand its intentions to vote against reelection of board directors to capture not just laggards ...

Successful ESG integration: moving from why to how

GUILLAUME MASCOTTO  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... baseline for analysis and measurement. Despite recent progress at the regulatory level and higher levels of issuer ESG disclosure, investors are increasingly relying on ESG information about companies, which can differ per third-party ratings, scores ...