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ASIC warns directors over sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... attractive to investors," Hughes said. Hughes noted that there is a lack of consistency, comparability and structures in climate change-related disclosure practices by larger listed companies, and some selective adoption of the Task Force on Climate-related ...

APRA publishes results of banking climate vulnerability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... regulated sector to participate in the exercise. The CVA was conducted to assess the estimated future impact of climate change on the banking sector and how the banks might respond to anticipated physical and transition risks. The results suggest that ...

Majority of investors collaborate on engagement, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... receive consistent messages." Asset owners and fund managers engage on a variety of ESG topics. Unsurprisingly, climate change is a top concern, cited by 83% of institutions interviewed for the report, followed by diversity, equity and inclusion issues ...

FSI names new global head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... stewardship and transparency. In terms of topics of engagement that FSI would continue to explore, in addition to climate change, Turner pointed to the firm's focus on human rights and research on marine microplastic pollution. "I think what has ...

Podcast: Real world decarbonisation vs net zero portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... translate net zero commitments into action and the global fund manager's role in meeting its responsibilities on climate change. Last year, Ambachtsheer spoke with FS Sustainability about the global fund manager's developing approach to managing ...

US Dept of Labor green-lights ESG integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
US-based retirement plans can consider climate change and other ESG factors in their investment processes, according to a rule change by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The announcement comes as the Securities and Exchange Commission fines Goldman ...

RBA governor cites climate, energy transition in inflation puzzle

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
RBA Governor Philip Lowe cited climate change and the transition to renewable energy as two of four longer-term changes to the global economy that are "likely to affect the dynamics of inflation, central bank policy and the way business operates in ...

Carbon markets, biodiversity on tap at COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... how overwhelming the biodiversity crisis is because there are as many solutions as there are ecosystems - unlike climate change where the world has converged around one important metric of measurement, GHG emissions reductions," she said. "However I ...

Trust in ethics plummets: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... transparency - they come to the fore again and again," she said. There are high ethical expectations for action on climate change, with the index showing the federal government and multinational corporations have the highest urgent ethical obligations ...

Australian asset owners lead on ESG integration, net zero investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... said bfinance businesses development director Sebastian Mays. "In Australia, we saw over the past five years that climate change has been a very big part of that, and increasingly as well, ESG at large and the softer part of the S in ESG is also important ...