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Stewart Investors identifies progress to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... are considered as part of an overall quality assessment of the business, and engagement is key to establishing the materiality, Berrutti added. "Where we are engaging with companies on emissions disclosures, we may find that they may have good reasons ...

Driving ESG engagement via credit portfolios: Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... activities are a "low incremental cost" to Neuberger Berman, but can result in positive outcomes in terms of financial materiality, Bailey said. Neuberger Berman prioritise direct engagement with issuers, with email and letter-writing campaigns representing ...

Leaders on road to ESG maturity by 2030: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... they are at the beginning of the implementation process. "Many are still doing either a start or a refresh of their materiality, their strategy and their initial sustainability report and pathways, "Poole said. "There are still quite a lot of clients ...

Calls to strengthen Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... involved is the financial relevance," he said. "That is something that gets forgotten some times. We look at financial materiality whilst the MSA talks about the risk to humans. I don't think they're mutually exclusive."

Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Biodiversity is a quickly emerging risk and opportunity for investors and companies, but addressing the materiality of ecosystem and dependencies is complex and goes to the heart of finance, according to a panel of experts. There is a clear drive to ...

Data challenges inhibit ESG integration in sovereign credit ratings: World Bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... report, authored by Ekaterina Gratcheva, Bryan Gurhy, Andrius Skarnulis, Fiona Stewart, and Dieter Wang, notes that the materiality assessment of ESG factors in sovereign credit risk is evolving, and many CRAs have introduced "additional insights into ...

Decarbonisation a key megatrend in private markets: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... energy-transition opportunities as thematics. "Key to acting on sustainable opportunities over the next two years will be showing materiality and improving the toolkit to measure impact and additionality in investor portfolios," BlackRock said. "With ...

SGX mandates TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... be a starting point for what companies can disclose in their sustainability reports. Issuers should still conduct a materiality assessment to ensure the relevance and completeness of their reported metrics. Respondents noted that an ESG data portal will ...

Evolution Mining commits to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... reporting, Evolution Mining. "In FY21, the sustainability strategy was further enhanced through a formal and independent materiality assessment." This year, the Evolution Mining sustainability report was aligned with ESG reporting frameworks including ...

Alphinity highlights sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Moana Nottage to sustainability and ESG roles to support the wider firm. The $15.3 billion fund manager introduced a materiality assessment tool in the last financial year, which allows the investment team to identify and assess material ESG issues for ...