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Chinese listed companies that invest in ESG show higher quality financial reporting: Study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... their financial reporting. The researchers chose 100 companies at random from a Sina Finance ESG Rating Centre 2021 list of China's top 500 environmental, social and governance (ESG) firms to analyze their accounting practices. "What we found was that ...

Snapshot: The rapid evolution of sustainable investing in Asia

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... heads. There are opportunities for investors in the region where companies stay ahead of emerging trends, particularly in the China market. This comes as an analysis of Chinese listed companies has found that those that invest in ESG-related projects ...

Just 5% of global emissions covered by corporate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... 1.5°C -degrees, and found a predicted 2050 emissions reduction gap would be equivalent to current emissions produced by China and USA. The tool is designed to help investors understand and make decisions about investments in different sectors, indices ...

Family offices see ESG as part of fiduciary duty: Ocorian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... billion and include 63 working for multi-family offices. The global study interviewed family offices in the US, UK, Canada, China, Germany, India, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden Switzerland, UAE, Denmark, France and Japan during ...

IIGCC, TPI Centre launch Bank Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Framework, with the first assessments to be published in summer 2023. The banks to be assessed include Bank of America, Bank of China, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutschebank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, and JP Morgan. The assessments ...

It pays to go green: top ETF megatrends for long-term growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... be the trigger for rapid uptake of EVs in a country. After Norway achieved 5%, sales jumped to nearly 15% the next year. China is following Norway's lead, only a couple years behind. After a 5% share in 2020, EV sales in China jumped to a 16% share in ...

Weighing ESG risks of nickel as a critical mineral: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... nickel, with 45% of global supply as of 2021. The Philippines has 17%, Russia 9%, New Caledonia 8%, Ausrerlia 7%, Canada 6%, China 5% and Brazil 3%. "Indonesia has grown from a moderately small source of supply to the largest, and indeed, singlehandedly ...

Insured losses from natural catastrophes $150 billion in 2022

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia and South Africa, Hurricane Ian in the US, hailstorms in France, winter storms in Europe, and droughts in Europe, China, and the Americas. Data from the Insurance Council of Australia indicates that the 2022 storms and floods that impacted ...

ESG managed funds large portion of total Australian flow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia's economy to slow this year as the cost of living squeeze tightens. Other economies are already in recession, while the China Covid-19 resurgence is negative for regional growth and Australian business interests. Asset values have repriced ...

Australian businesses exposed to EU carbon levy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... implications are for Australian companies that are part of global supply chains as well. "If you're exporting iron ore to China that is manufactured into steel that is exported to the EU, that will be implicated," Nelson said. "There is an opportunity ...