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Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... lower returns, State Street said. Additionally, just 8% of APAC survey respondents and 10% globally say they view fiduciary duty as a barrier to ESG integration, while 71% of APAC survey respondents and 74% globally see three-plus years as a realistic ...

University of Melbourne launches Sustainability Plan 2017-2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... our portfolio and divest from those companies that we don't believe fit in our portfolio," Tait said. "We have a fiduciary duty to do so." The University of Melbourne will consult with the Oxford Martin School and UBS in the development of the sustainable ...

Cbus signs Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... to consider long-term investment value drivers, which include ESG issues, in investment practice is a failure of fiduciary duty." Cbus Super is the first Australian investor to sign the statement. "It's clear that the regulations sitting around the obligations ...

Engaging corporate boards key to embedding sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... corporation, with concomitant negative social and environmental impacts. "Essential to this is understanding what fiduciary duty actually is," she said. "Careful international legal analysis has shown that there simply is no jurisdiction where shareholders ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Responsible corporate engagement in climate policy Report climate change information in mainstream reports as a fiduciary duty Remove commodity-driven deforestation from all supply chains by 2020 Reduce short-lived climate pollutant emissions. See Also ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... isn't clear is if legal cases - like those foreshadowed by Client Earth in the UK - will be pursued as breach of fiduciary duty claims or on the basis of misleading or deceptive conduct," Barker said. "A misleading or deceptive conduct action would be ...

CDP, We Mean Business partner for Road to Paris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... corporate engagement in climate policy Commit to report climate change information in mainstream corporate reports as a fiduciary duty Commit to put a price on carbon.

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... SRI options," Connor said. "This should be going to the core of the management of the risks of climate change and fiduciary duty. We're having continual discussion and peer-to-peer discussion on who's doing what in this area." There are no Australian ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... individual and collaborative action is a long-run proposition, Noble said. "To be fair, you have a definition of fiduciary duty that has hundreds of years of case law around it," Noble said. "To expect that funds can change within a three or four year ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... report proposes a 6-point agenda for change: 1. Demonstrate leadership and tangible action 2. Clarify the concept of fiduciary duty 3. Improve understanding of the relationship between corporate and societal value 4. Change mandates and incentives 5. ...

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Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

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The Federal Budget is an "excellent down-payment" on clean energy - but fails on nature and biodiversity, gas, electrification, and ACCUs.

Stewardship resources should double

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Stewardship is under-resourced as investors grapple with assessing how organisations align with the ambitions of clients and beneficiaries.

ESG jobs in 2024: Salaries, career tips and more

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In this episode of The Greener Way, we hear from Simon Gvalda, manager of the ESG and Responsible Investment Recruitment team at Kaizen Recruitment, who recently released their much-awaited salary guide for ESG roles in 2024.

Fund selection risk a material issue

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Investors face fund selection risk and a substantial disparity in performance when choosing sustainable investment strategies, especially when it comes to ESG exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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