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Family offices see ESG as part of fiduciary duty: Ocorian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... US$62.45 billion and include 63 working for multi-family offices. The global study interviewed family offices in the US, UK, Canada, China, Germany, India, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden Switzerland, UAE, Denmark, France and Japan ...

IIGCC, TPI Centre launch Bank Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Through its Net Zero Banks Working Group, IIGCC will support investor engagement with a focus list of 20 banks in Europe, Canada and Asia. "Due to the nature of their activities, banks have an outsized role to play in whether the global economy successfully ...

Experts evaluate impact of Modern Slavery Act review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... more people wanted to lower it, but only slightly," she said. "One of the main arguments is that other jurisdictions - Canada, New South Wales, the UK, New Zealand - all have a lower reporting threshold, thus lowering the threshold aligns with what's ...

Weighing ESG risks of nickel as a critical mineral: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... supply of nickel, with 45% of global supply as of 2021. The Philippines has 17%, Russia 9%, New Caledonia 8%, Ausrerlia 7%, Canada 6%, China 5% and Brazil 3%. "Indonesia has grown from a moderately small source of supply to the largest, and indeed, singlehandedly ...

No role for monetary policy to address climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... of which is a recommendation to split the RBA board in two - much like the structure of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada. This would see the creation of a Monetary Policy Board and a Corporate Governance Board; the former would look at monetary ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... legislate mandated climate reporting as early as FY 2024/25, following in the footsteps of countries like New Zealand, Canada, the US, UK, Singapore and Switzerland. Mandated nature-related reporting is expected to follow soon after. The new TNFD framework ...

ASFI outlines roadmap for sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... category is one of the recommendations and something that a number of other jurisdictions are looking at - ASEAN, Singapore, Canada, all include a transition category." The Australian taxonomy should have criteria that meet the unique shape of the country. ...

Australia joins COP27 forests partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... of climate mitigation." In addition to Australia, other members of the Forests and Climate Leaders Partnership include Canada, Ecuador, Finland, Gabon, Norway, the Republic of Korea, the UK and the US. "The Australian Government is getting ahead with ...

ASFI Summit to focus on sustainable finance progress, implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... everything that's going on. We will be hearing directly about the conversations regulators are having with Singapore, Canada, the work happening through the taxonomy which is being connected into many different jurisdictions that are also using a ...

Cobalt essential to net zero goals but brings labour risks: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... world cobalt supply. While the DRC has 46% of the world's concentration of cobalt, Australia has 19%, Cuba has 7%, and Canada, Russia and the Philippines all have 3%. Diversifying the world cobalt supply is possible. "There are several things you can ...