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Podcast: Is gender diversity an alpha signal - with Joanna Nash

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
In this week's episode, brought to you by Realindex Investments, we discuss how a single issue like gender diversity can be used as an alpha signal as well as a qualitative measure of company risk and opportunity. We speak with Realindex Investments ...

CDP to adopt ISSB climate standard from 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
CDP has announce that it will incorporate the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) climate-related Disclosures Standard from the 2024 disclosure cycle. The announcement came at COP27 at Sharm el-Sheikh. The announcement means that the ...

Cbus adopts EU climate reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has updated its climate change roadmap to meet their 2030 target of reducing emissions by 45%, while changing is reporting for portfolio emissions that sees the fund's reported emissions reductions restated to reflect real-world outcomes. ...

Podcast: Investing in Better Futures with Emilie O'Neill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
In this week's episode we speak with Emilie O'Neill, co-head of ESG at fund manager Perennial Better Futures. O'Neill talks about what drives her as an analyst and how she looks at decarbonization, diversity and other key ESG issues and how they impact ...

Experts consider mining the transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's mining industry has reserves to drive the transition to a lower carbon global economy, but surging demand for critical minerals and attention to key ESG issues will require innovative solutions and partnership. A panel of experts spoke on ...

Regulatory roundup on key sustainability developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
A range of ESG-related regulatory actions have come up for discussion in the last week, including a commitment by the assistant treasurer to establish national standards for a green taxonomy, APRA flagging that their climate vulnerability assessment ...

ASIC greenwashing investigations continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
ASIC chair Joe Longo said the market regulator is currently investigating listed companies, super funds, and managed funds for potential greenwashing. "Only last week we issued our first greenwashing penalty, and we're currently investigating a number ...

Altius Asset Management publishes first impact report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... funds' holdings, due to limitations on disclosure related to the bonds that the fund holds. Altius used metrics from the ISS ESG Climate Impact Assessment report as part of their calculation, and Altius noted that ISS ESG sourced emissions data through ...

Hejaz Financial Services funds certified responsible invesments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has certified four funds from Hejaz Financial Services. The Responsible Investment Certification Program applies strict criteria for certifying responsible, ethical and impact investment products ...

Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
The federal government announced a suite of measures across climate, gender and housing issues while announcing that they will develop a framework to integrate measures of wellbeing into future economic policy settings. The so-called mini-budget announced ...