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Allspring defends exit from climate group

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... remain committed to climate action," the IGCC spokesperson said. Allspring has now confirmed it will stick to its sustainability strategy because it makes sense financially. The firm "considers climate risks and other sustainability themes in our investment ...

Ex-Moody's chief rejoins standards setter

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... chair of the IFRS nominating committee from 2018 to 2023, Madelain played a role in establishing the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), and led the consolidation of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board and the Value Reporting Foundation ...

LGIM, Generation, MUFG to report on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... recommendations and nature-related disclosures will help create the enabling conditions for investors and capital to achieve sustainability outcomes and impact." The new companies include Volvo, Ricoh, China Mengniu Dairy Ltd and Acciona. This means ...

Latest disclosure update

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) have mapped the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) to the TNFD disclosures. The move improves harmonisation and enabling the EUs Corporate Sustainability ...

DEI peak body firms up leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Currently non-executive director for Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and UN Global Compact Network Australia, a major sustainability initiative for businesses in Australia, and a one-time UN Women advisor. She is a senior advisor at Accenture and co-chairs ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... for the past six years. "I'm very interested in sustainable finance - helping transform businesses to embrace sustainability to adapt and thrive as we race to 2030 and 2050. My move to MinterEllison is a perfect fit with so many financial policy ...

Podcast: Beyond ESG - UN PRI stewardship and engagement initiatives with David Atkin

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Enhancing sustainability and incorporating environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) matters into investment decision-making and ownership practices can be a vast and overwhelming task. To get the job done right, it is a path that no responsible ...

Demand for human rights solutions intensifies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... says investors must engage with index providers to do tackle human rights concerns. An article published by FS Sustainability in March found that some firms tracking ESG indices failed to follow human rights due diligence and address human rights risks ...

Retail CSOs do a shuffle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Woolworths' chief sustainability officer (CSO) has taken a job with an Amsterdam-based supermarket and will be replaced by an Arnott's executive. Arnott's Simon Lowden was chief transformation officer at the biscuit brand, following a move ...

Sustainable Finance Roadmap to turbocharge investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... private capital to the net zero transition, modernise financial markets and maximise the economic opportunity of sustainability. The Sustainable Finance Roadmap aims to supercharge the nation's aspiration of becoming a renewable energy powerhouse, Treasurer ...