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ANZ, NAB join initiative to pilot Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... of the TCFD. The annexe to the declaration, the G20 Hamburg Climate and Energy Action Plan for Growth, noted "The industry-led Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures has also completed work, which includes recommendations on voluntary disclosures ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures releases final report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... climate-related financial risks. Mardi McBrien, managind director, CDSB The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures is led by Michael Bloomberg. The TCFD's draft recommendations are structured around four themes - governance, strategy, risk ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... their utility and how they will be integrated going forward. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Lawyers The TCFD is led by Michael Bloomberg. The TCFD's draft recommendations are structured around four themes - governance, strategy, risk management ...

CEFC publishes report on best practice initiatives for property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... payback periods, CEFC explained. The report includes a number of already readily available, existing technologies - solar PV, LED lighting and improved heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Other best practice initiatives measures include ...

RIAA launches Impact Investment Forum to build scale in sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... the institutional investment community and starting to bring scale to impact investing." The Impact Investing Forum will be led by impact investing leaders, with Peter Murphy, former CEO of Christian Super as chair, along with co-Deputy Chairs Kylie ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... default KiwiSaver providers and found that all nine had holdings in excluded companies, including cluster munitions. This led to police investigations and public questioning on the trustworthiness of KiwiSaver products. Beith also noted that in addition ...

Majority of largest asset owners recognise risk of climate change: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... fundamental way." Alex Vynokur, BetaShares managing director, noted that the increased demand for ethical financial products led the company to launch the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI), Australia's first ethical ETF. "When we spoke ...

Investa Commercial Property Fund Issues $100 million certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... demonstrating to the Australian commercial property market where the best practice bar now sits." The transaction was jointly led by ANZ and CBA.

PIMCO launches ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... sovereign and investment grade corporate bonds from around the world," the fund manager said. The fund is managed by a team led by Andrew Balls, managing director and CIO of global fixed income and Alex Struc, portfolio manager co-heading the ESG initiative. ...

IGCC, AIGCC publish investor disclosure guide aligned to TCFD recommendations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... with the draft recommendations of the G20 Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, led by Michael Bloomberg. The guide is "is intended to help investors translate how to support and integrate the TCFD recommendations ...