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Charter Hall hires group head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Cole has more than 20 years' experience in sustainability real estate, sustainable finance, ESG integration and public policy creation. He is currently the chair of PCA's National Sustainability Roundtable, the chair of Green Building Council of ...

EY names Oceania chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... that Australian executives are also concerned with the uncertainty that climate risk brings, mainly as pertains to climate policy. "There is a firm acceptance that climate policy is going to get more aggressive in the next three to five years, but the ...

KiwiSaver exclusions not necessarily a performance drag: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... service providers will have to screen out controversial weapons and fossil fuel companies as well as maintain a disclosed ESG policy. Further, the annual report for the default scheme must include information on actions taken over the year in relation ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... pathways for both public and private finance to drive scale within the low carbon economy." Government signals through policy shifts would help to catalyse private investment, Bungcaras said. "The EU is probably leading in that space, as they set up ...

Fiona Reynolds to step down from PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Fiona Reynolds will step down from her role as CEO of the UN PRI after nearly nine years with the organisation. Reynolds will return to Australia, she said in a statement. She cited the trade-offs of working from London in the role with the challenges ...

Integrating the circular economy into investment strategies: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... "Management quality is absolutely important, but beyond management, it's the governance of boards, creating structure, policy, protocol and truly developing an ecosystem within the company to think about sustainability not just in the form of risk management ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management augments APAC sustainability team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... continuing to strengthen our ongoing commitment to sustainability," Wu said. Last year, the firm launched a new integrated ESG policy statement for its global funds management business. The new ESG policy includes a proprietary 10-point ESG scoring system ...

Enhanced ESG reporting linked to funding outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... and the policies and procedures," Wedin said. "Our whole project is a zero carbon project, but we may not have a specific policy in place to address climate, for example. For us as a rapidly growing company, it's about making sure that as we grow ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... legal opinion, Climate Change and Directors Duties, written by Noel Hutley and Sebastian Hartford-Davis for the Centre for Policy Developments, company directors should consider the increasing standard of care expected of directors in managing climate-related ...

Evaluating impact of climate policy on company valuation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Understanding how government climate policies will impact cash flows and company valuations is essential to establishing the winners and losers of any new environmental commitments, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Quantifying the scale of ...