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IFRS announces plan for comprehensive sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... rigour and acceptance as financial reporting. This news will be manna from heaven for investors, for whom sustainability data - particularly climate-related information - has long been a blind spot." "By building on existing frameworks and embedding ...

Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... a medium-risk sector a B or above or in a low-risk industry with a C or above. Q: What are the challenges in finding the data and developing the models for assessing transition risks of climate change? A: One of the challenges we've had is applying ...

COP26 preview: reporting, carbon markets and role of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... will play. Underpinning capital allocations will be greater and better disclosure from companies regarding climate change data, said Insight Investment head of responsible investment research and stewardship Josh Kendall. "For the financial system to ...

"War for talent": ESG professionals in high demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... was strong demand for professionals across investments, ESG/responsible investment, risk and compliance, client services, data and performance analytics, investment accounting and operations, and marketing. Kaizen Recruitment noted that 49% of appointments ...

Wayfinding for deeper engagement in ethical investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... performance measurement. "Performance measurement, as Wayfinding highlights, ought to include quantitative and qualitative company data and stakeholder perceptions and a lot more besides," Rodger Spiller said. "... At the opposite end of the greenwashing ...

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has invested $50 million towards a sustainable farming platform aimed at using data-driven practices to make farms more productive and resilient to climate change. The CEFC made the allocation to the Transforming ...

Climate change "a first-order risk": RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... is addressing several challenging, including the "quality, consistency, comparability and often the sheer availability of data to appropriately assess climate risks." Debelle cited the Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) currently being undertaken ...

ESG managed funds see surging inflows: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... billion into ESG managed funds, and had their largest-ever share of equity inflows during the third quarter, according to data from Calastone. Calastone's latest Fund Flow Index (FFI) measures trading flows for managed funds, and Calastone reports that ...

Evidence of ESG's impact "inconclusive": Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... end of June 2021, while a further $1.8 billion have gone into ETPs at the same time. Morningstar's research reinforces this data. According to Morningstar's Sustainable Investing Landscape for Australian Fund Investors report for Q2 2021, assets in Australian ...

Managing biodiversity loss a governance risk: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... consumption all rise. The connection between natural resources and corporate governance is also becoming clearer due to better data and disclosure rules, Roc-Sennett adds. Roc-Sennett highlighted the risks of diminished biodiversity, and the opportunities ...