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Investors outline roadmap for mandatory climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... companies and financial organisations, while at the same time ensuring Australian regulators and governments will have the data they need to maintain the stability of the Australian financial system in the face of growing and more frequent shocks from ...

ASX company signs $1.5bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Banking at HSBC "We sat down with the client to consider what are the right metrics, how to define them, how to gather the data and that took us to a focus on the three categories - energy efficiency and emissions-reductions, sustainability performance ...

ESG ratings "just opinions": Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Demand for ESG investing is surging, as is interest in ESG data and ratings, but one fund manager likens ESG ratings to "opinions" and argues that investors would be better served by using underlying ESG data, rather than relying on generic ESG ratings. ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... information on investee entities systems and processes. "A strong system and framework should set clear expectations about he data that will be collected to identify the potential issues and trends in workplace culture, where responsibility for data ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... more than 50% over the prior year's 656 meetings. The top topics discussed included disclosure of environmental and social data, diversity of employee base and boards of directors, greenhouse gas emissions, product sustainability, and treatment of employees. ...

KiwiSaver exclusions not necessarily a performance drag: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Developed Index, the index with exclusions showed "minor difference in the performance on the upside." "Interestingly, the data here shows that the bulk of the underperformance is associated with screened fossil fuel companies," said ISS associate director ...

Fund manager seeking to expand ESG team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... of the Better Futures ESG strategy, including its proprietary scoring mechanism, engagement meetings, client requests and data and research, O'Neill said. Cottier emphasised that augmenting the ESG team is designed to support the existing Better ...

Cutting the carbon without sacrificing return: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... firms don't have the efficiency of scale that allow you to be a lower carbon intensity firm," she said. "It could also be a data problem - because they're less likely to disclose carbon emissions, we run on Trucost's data, which may estimate high." However ...

Strong fund flows into sustainable products: BT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Investment fund are continuing to stream into sustainable investment products, according to data from BT. BT Panorama has seen a 60% increase in funds under administration in funds that they deem "prioritising sustainability" said Jessie Pettigrew ...

SGX CEO calls for increased international collaboration on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable markets, there is an urgent need for the multiple stakeholders to work together to enhance policies, regulation, data, taxonomy and use of technology, among others," he said. Loh noted that exchanges such as SGX have a role to play in this ...