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Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... bullet to identify the right time horizon over which to assess ESG factors in credit risk analysis." The "multi-dimensional nature of ESG factors, difficulties in modelling and capturing data interdependencies were cited among the biggest obstacles to ...

Australian Millennials question business motivations, ethics: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... flexibility and a positive work culture are key to millennial loyalty; and young workers feel unprepared for the changing nature of work. "Biz leaders should be very concerned, and they ignore input from this survey at their peril," Brown said. "We are ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... developing ways to finance sustainable growth, with the European Commission establishing a list of key actions to change the nature of responsible investment, including establishing an EU classification system for sustainable activities, creating standards ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... consistently been that the corporations act is more than capable of not only catering for climate related financial risks of the nature considered under the TCFD, but mandates it as would any other foreseeable financial risk," Barker said. "Now that ...

Deloitte survey finds procurement leaders lack visibility in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... said. "Businesses are always making new deals and arrangements. The ongoing work of procurement teams is to understand the nature of these risks. But let's say you do identify risks. My general preference would be to see companies working with suppliers ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases Water Criteria Phase 2 Consultation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... engineered water infrastructure and was released by the Water Consortium to the market in October 2016. Phase 2 focuses on "nature-based and hybrid water infrastructure, such as wetlands and watersheds including for purposes as water collection, storage ...

Investec Australia provides development finance to Eco Energy World

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... farm in 2014, then provision of HoldCo finance to all 3 stages of the project over 2015-17. Law emphasised the bespoke nature of financing deals such as the one with Eco Energy, and said that while there is a strong pipeline of demand for renewable projects ...

Strong uptick in participation in second GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... noted that only 58% of participants undertake any form of impact assessment, which they said is "low considering the fixed nature of infrastructure assets and their vulnerability to environmental risks." The 2017 assessment also showed that while 88% ...

Government to introduce Australian Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... additional burden on the business community, the Australian Government proposes to provide detailed guidance about the nature and extent of the information that should be included in statements. Entities will also have the flexibility to determine what ...

Cyber security a rapidly evolving material risk for companies: Citi Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... also cites a World Economic Forum (WEF) 2016 report " Understanding Systemic Cyber Risk", which says that the " evolving nature of systemic cyber risk is still not fully recognised or understood." That includes investors and analysts as well as the companies ...