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New risks on board watch list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Directors reveals. Nearly two-thirds (61%) of directors say compliance and regulation is the main factor affecting their board's risk appetite. Climate change (33%) remains the top long term issue, alongside Australia's ageing population (29%) and productivity ...

Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Coles and Wesfarmers have been named among the most successful case studies of company engagement in the fight against slavery. Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking Asia Pacific (IAST APAC) published its annual report this week highlighting investor ...

Unloved sector poised to reap rewards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... It would also combat poor nutrition, responsible for an estimated 11 million deaths worldwide in 2017. This is a systemic risk to economic productivity, healthcare costs, and social stability. Lin calls on investors to strengthen governance practices ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... and dynamics around specific oil and gas projects will become increasingly complex, leading to increasing stranded asset risk potential." Key considerations when investing in the oil and gas sector is to look past a company's targets and really scrutinise ...

More work needed on climate risk response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Australia's prudential supervisor says while larger entities continue to improve their climate risk maturity, there remains room for improvement. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) urged all regulated entities to consider the ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey has said the super fund has been engaging directly with MinRes regarding its recent governance failures and "remains disappointed" with the company's responses. "Our concerns include that the managing director's ...

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies could be forced to adopt more nature positive practices if nature-related risk policies and legislation that are gaining traction overseas are adopted locally. According to panelists at the 'The next nexus: A story of nature-related ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Physical climate risks could wipe out the lion's share of investor money into infrastructure assets by 2050, research shows, but there is a way to dodge a crisis, delegates heard. Day two of the IGCC summit kicked off with a brighter mood than the ...

Betashares launches first ethical bonds ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... partial exposure limit (33% of total gross revenue) to the production or sale of junk foods. The strategy weights bonds on risk-adjusted income potential rather than a debt-weighted indexing approach. CEO Alex Vynokur says the ETF "represents a core ...

Boards vulnerable to next wave of climate litigation: IGCC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Climate litigation is on the rise, with incoming legislation and a Trump-led US government amping up the risks in the next four years - and new types of lawsuits are emerging. Speaking at the IGCC summit this week in Melbourne, academic expert Jaqueline ...