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VFMC hires ex-BHP ESG head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Australia/Asia in group finance. Previously, she worked as chief of staff in the BHP chairman's office and as manager, public policy and issues management. She has previously worked for BlueScope Steel. This is the second hire for VFMC's investment stewardship ...

Florida gov bans ESG from state pension investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... December 2021, DeSantis and the two other SBA trustees internalised proxy voting authority from external managers. The policy passed this week provides "guidance to the SBA employees now responsible for proxy voting and investment decisions." In July ...

VFMC hires to investment stewardship team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... stewardship, Shali Lingaretnam, who reports to chief investment officer Russell Clarke. According to VFMC's investment stewardship policy, their investment stewardship approach focuses on four key areas of work: active ownership, ESG integration, undertaking ...

Government launches review of Safeguard Mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
The federal government has launched a review of the Safeguard Mechanism as part of its overall policy to reduce Australia's carbon emissions by 43% by 2030. The government is seeking consultation on the proposed review and reform of the Safeguard Mechanism ...

ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... metrics introduced to Melior's KPIs include disclosure of directors' ESG skills, whether a company has a cybersecurity policy and ESG-linked management LTIs. "The other major change has been in the G - there's a real question as to whether boards have ...

FM Global to provide climate resilience discount

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Insurer FM Global will offer policyholders world-wide approximately US$300 million in a discount meant to provide additional cash to invest in climate-related resilience solutions. The "resilience credit" will be offered as a 5% premium offset against ...

Fixing Australia's complicated carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... carbon markets, ranging from taking positions in carbon developers to entering into offtake agreements," Touma said. "A policy that makes it really clear on the interaction on different parts of the market will just continue to help clients make decisions." ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... the most obvious area - as we see stronger commitment from the Australian government that will be logically supported by policy, that will impact how companies talk about climate, and that's beyond sustainable companies and sustainable funds. "I think ...

Varying levels of progress on modern slavery: IAST APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... in the Asia-Pacific region, according to data from the ILO and Walk Free. IAST APAC focused on two workstreams in 2021 - policy advocacy, which included sending an investor statement to ASX100 companies in late 2020 and the remainder of the ASX200 in ...

NGS Super divests from oil and gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... climate action in the superannuation industry," said Market Forces superannuation funds campaigner Brett Morgan. "This policy does not rule out investment in all companies expanding the fossil fuel industry. NGS must go further and divest from companies ...