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Strong demand for ESG products, but education needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Retail investors and financial advisers are reporting strong levels of action on ESG investing, but recent research suggests that both sides of the conversation are seeking further education and have doubts about greenwashing and alignment between personal ...

Risk management includes expanded ESG list: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Risk management "begins and ends with the board" and includes a full range of ESG risks including climate change, modern slavery, nature loss and social risks, according to an updated risk management guide from the Governance Institute. Risk management ...

EY calls for "fundamental revisit" of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
The concept of corporate sustainability needs to be fundamentally revisited, according to a new report from EY. Enough: A review of corporate sustainability, in a world running out of time is the first report in EY's Antithesis project, designed "encourage ...

Majority of ASX200 reporting on ESG: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... against individual UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or use the SDG framework to guide their reporting. Climate Action (Goal 13) is the most cited priority SDG. Five years ago, just 10% of the ASX200 reported against the SDGs, ACSI noted. Smaller ...

UniSuper sustainability exec departs for Vanguard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
UniSuper governance and sustainability manager Sybil Dixon is departing the fund after 14 years to join Vanguard. Dixon will join Vanguard in August as head of ESG product, a Vanguard spokesperson confirmed to FS Sustainability. UniSuper said Dixon's ...

Ramsay commits to Net Zero by 2040

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Ramsay Health Care has committed to reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 42% by 2030 with a goal of reaching net zero across Scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2040. The healthcare provider has announced that its net zero emissions targets are aligned to the Science-Based ...

Gap in financing solutions for refugees: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... development; products and services; and philanthropy," Janakiram said. RII has developed a dataset that covers company refugee action - ie, activities including refugee hiring, entrepreneurial support, training and education, and other forms of support. ...

Heritage Bank hires first ESG and sustainability manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Heritage Bank has created the role of ESG and sustainability manager. The mutual bank has hired Andrew Masci to the newly created role, its first dedicated ESG resource. Masci will drive the ongoing development of Heritage's ESG framework including ...

Igneo reports on ESG progress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Infrastructure manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners has reported on its progress towards environmental and social indicators in its 2021 ESG report. Igneo is First Sentier Investors' direct infrastructure business. In March, it became a standalone ...

ASIC: improve greenwashing disclosure or risk penalty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and 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 ...