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Majority of CFOs see ESG's importance to business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... economic recovery supporting a return to more positive sentiment after the confronting year that was 2020. This survey included data related to ESG material impacts, with Deloitte reporting that most CFOs recognise the potential for ESG, including climate ...

ESG a total-portfolio subject: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... 'impact' is rising up the agenda as those in the investor sector move towards thinking about ESG in terms of outcomes. Third, data is a significant obstacle, with 84% of investors saying that the lack of consistent, standardised ESG information across ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... identifying the real emissions associated with those products." Lifecycle analysis presents challenges in terms of gathering data and making sure that emissions aren't double counted through the value chain and production cycle, Howden noted. An ...

Australian businesses march on with ESG integration: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... has released its Win with Empathy Global Talent Trends 2021 report, a survey of HR leaders around the world. According to data derived from Australian HR leaders, the bushfire crises, COVID-19, the Black Lives Matters protests and other issues have "spurred ...

Green economy a multi-trillion dollar opportunity: FTSE Russell

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... represents a US$4 trillion market cap opportunity, according to research from FTSE Russell. FTSE Russell Green Revenues 2.0 Data Model has identified more than 3,000 global listed companies that have exposure to the green economy to greater or lesser ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Scentre Group will enhance its disclosure on prevention of wage theft in cleaning contracts and how it manages safe workloads for cleaning staff, after facing the possibility of a shareholder resolution on the topic at its April AGM. The new reporting ...

Social premium on the rise: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... companies with poor performance by up to 17 basis points, according to research from Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes' data methodology has shown that outperformance on social factors such as employee health and safety has actually increased during ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... ASX200 companies. A critical part of fulfilling the aforementioned net-zero commitments will be getting access to this climate data, and so we expect ongoing pressure on companies to disclose, a trend that is also increasingly being embedded into regulatory ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... meaningful comparison between funds, and that's pretty poor," Gocher said. "You'd think standardising and mandating that kind of data reporting would be something simple to do. Most funds aren't reporting it, but you'd be pretty surprised if funds weren't ...

ESG-inclusive commodities set to grow: Xpansiv

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... support the integration of ESG-inclusive commodities into the broader commodity complex, in terms of derivatives and price data information," said Joe Madden, Xpansiv CEO. Xmarkets enables trading of renewable energy, carbon offsets, water and other ...