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SelfWealth to offer ESG ratings, data for members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Refinitiv. The information is integrated directly into the platform and is offered free of charge to members, said SelfWealth CEO Cath Whitaker. Whitaker said the rating will provide members with an additional level of information to help them decide ...

La Trobe Financial goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... of green finance products shortly. "We are very proud of the approval of our carbon neutral footprint program," said deputy CEO and chief investment officer Chris Andrews. "We recognise in today's market that this is a key business metric. We have ...

Boards have responsibility to manage ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... of their decisions by focusing on maximising shareholder value to the exclusion of other stakeholders, said Cranlana Centre CEO Vanessa Pigrum. "There has been a growing awareness on the part of board directors that what had been very clear-cut governance ...

Investment consultants launch net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... align their investment strategies to a 1.5C degree future, while also achieving their performance objectives," said Frontier CEO Andrew Polson. "While accomplishing net zero is daunting, it is critical so we are determined to play our part in contributing ...

APAC data centre operator inks $2.1bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... pioneered hyperscale data centres in the region with industry-leading scale and energy efficiency," said AirTrunk founder and CEO Robin Khuda. "By transitioning to this SLL with three ambitious KPIs including one for Operating PUE, we are holding ourselves ...

Islamic fund to expand into banking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... expand into banking. Hejaz Financial Services is in the process of submitting an application to APRA as a restricted ADI, said CEO Hakan Ozyon. If successful, Ozyon said they would be the first Australian Sharia-compliant deposit taking bank. "Our indication ...

Analysing the opportunities, challenges of the ESG investing sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... ESG in the investment thesis, the decision making around that process has to start at the top, Spicer said. "You need your CEO and CIO understanding where that is and how you're talking about it, and then it pushes down to the investment decision ...

ESG, corporate purpose top CEOs' agenda: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... transparency, but admit they struggle to "articulate a compelling ESG story," according to research from KPMG. The KPMG 2021 CEO Outlook, a study of 1,300 CEOs across 12 countries including Australia, finds that ESG and corporate purpose top the CEO ...

SGX proposes mandatory TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... (ARs). "Lenders, insurers and investors increasingly want climate-related information for decision-making," said SGX RegCo CEO Tan Boon Gin. "The proposals today are aimed at helping our issuers meet these demands and to build their resilience to climate ...

"Dismal" stats for women in ASX leadership roles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The number of women in CEO positions is "dismal", with only 6% of ASX300 companies having women CEOs. Chief Executive Women (CEW) has released the 2021 Chief Executive Women Senior Executive Census, the fifth year of the survey. The survey found only ...