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International sustainability accounting standards bodies to merge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... organization that maintains the Integrated Reporting Framework, advocates integrated thinking, and sets sustainability disclosure standards for enterprise value creation. "The Framework and the SASB Standards are complementary," said Barry Melancon ...

Roadmap outlines sustainable transformation for finance industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... exists," O'Connor says. Several recommendations engage directly with integrating sustainability practice through enhanced disclosure and reporting. They set the target of financial institutions with annual revenue of more than $100 million to report ...

Climate Action 100+ adds companies to engagement list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Climate Action 100+ has augmented its focus list of companies for engagement, including several new Australian listed companies. The changes to the Climate Action 100+ means overall nine companies have been added to the list and two have been removed ...

Investors urge companies to broaden view of modern slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
A coalition of Australian fund managers and super funds have written the 100 largest companies in Australia, encouraging them to examine broad supply chain risks of labour exploitation as a leading indicator of modern slavery. The coalition of 24 investors ...

Credit strategy links financial return to social, environmental impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... social and affordable housing." This can require a great deal of scrutiny, examining each bond for level and depth of disclosure and description of use of proceeds and how they're measuring outputs, Dean explained. "Each bond will have a different ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in collaboration with DNV GL, has issued a survey aimed at gathering insights into how stakeholder engagement, materiality and risk management can support board-level decision-making. The ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... ESG, and likely to be earlier given market dynamics. Furthermore, 85% of funds integrating ESG expect more regulatory disclosure requirements in the next year, with the majority taking a greater role in ESG consultations. "As we have seen across the ...

Cleanaway publishes first sustainability report after engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reporting framework in 2019, and provided high level disclosure on the recommendations. "That is one of those areas where we have to do a lot more work," Farrell said. "It was a first and ...

First Sentier publishes Modern Slavery Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... exposures, teams that invest in assets outside of Australia will have the challenge of finding information in markets where disclosure is not mandated. "Obviously, our global equities teams and our APAC focused teams are going to continue to have that ...

Social issues and climate dominate engagement: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... brought to company AGMs around the world, Colton said. "We saw that the nature of the proposals continue to evolve, and disclosure continues to improve around the way the companies are thinking about climate issues," he said. "There's more strategic ...