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Companies lag on digital transformation: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... an element considered crucial for an effective digital transformation. The vast majority of respondents - 93% - say the board should be involved in technology issues but 34% say their board is not dealing competently with tech issues. 47% say this is ...

Varying levels of progress on modern slavery: IAST APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... ASX200 in June 2021. At least 29% of these top 200 Australian companies committed to raise the investor statement with their board and/or senior management, IAST APAC said. "While many companies acknowledged the expectations of the investor statement ...

APRA releases climate risk assessment results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... through mitigation plans, including through engaging customers and counterparties, and reporting relevant information to board and senior management, and considering external market disclosures.

Singapore to issue inaugural sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Singapore will issue its first sovereign green bond - the Green Singapore Government Securities (Infrastructure). The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that the green bond will shortly be launched via a syndicated book-building process ...

V-Square launches ESG index strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... tracks companies assessed as sector leaders based on ESG scores that are aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Materiality Framework. The index also seeks to minimize exposure to companies with carbon transition risk and increase ...

ESG product definitions a matter for legislation: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... good position to report against any future standards, especially given that the [International Sustainability Standards Board] ISSB and some of the foreign requirements are based on the four pillars of the TCFD framework." Image courtesy of Aditya Joshi ...

New Zealand XRB releases final climate reporting paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
New Zealand's External Reporting Board (XRB) has released a final consultation paper on the mandatory Climate-related Disclosure standards that will come into force next year. The New Zealand government last year passed legislation that made climate-related ...

Directors engage on breadth of ESG issues facing companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... focusing on diversity and inclusion beyond gender and seeking policy certainty through climate are all issues of concern for board members speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) annual conference. Future Fund board member ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... progressed in Sharm El Sheikh," she said. " The parties attending the Bonn discussions also completed nominations for the board of the supervisory body for the centralised mechanism that will oversee carbon trading under Article 6.4. "One of the concerns ...

Australian investors withdraw from ESG funds: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... published the quarterly Fund Flow Index Australia, which showed that investors withdrew money from equity fund across the board, with the exception of Australian equities. Global funds saw the highest outflows, at $120 million. There was a drawdown on ...