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CEO pay falls in 2022, but 2023 the next test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... sits in wider investor and stakeholder priorities, a change from previous recent cycles. "Post the financial crisis, very few board actually read the room and zeroed bonuses out [for CEOs]," Johns said. "They didn't have that lens on. Given, I think ...

Climate transition not one-size-fits-all

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
A report from public policy think tank the Centre for Policy Development (CPD) finds climate transition plans should center local needs, promoting resilience and adaptability. Most communities that are vulnerable to economic decline during transition ...

Chinese listed companies that invest in ESG show higher quality financial reporting: Study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... that the Chinese companies did not have a culture of manipulated earning, known as earnings management. The study suggests a few reasons why Chinese ESG companies were not engaging in earnings management and have good financial reporting quality, Abeysekera ...

Fidante partners with Proterra Asia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Proterra Asia managing partner Tai Lin said the firm has enjoyed a highly productive collaboration with Fidante over the past few years, "including most recently in the successful final close of Proterra Asia Food Fund 3 in October 2022." "We are pleased ...

Strong demand for green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... green bonds, but BNP Paribas AM applies common sense when examining an issuance for potential impacts on ecosystems. "I see a few green bonds that address biodiversity," Ou Yong said. "The ones I do are around transmission, using a green bond to improve ...

Family offices see ESG as part of fiduciary duty: Ocorian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... part of fiduciary responsibilities, but there is set to be an increasing focus from a fiduciary perspective over the next few years," said Ocorian head of family office Amy Collins. "We're seeing many family offices, particularly those with a heavy ...

AI and ESG: risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is already rapidly disrupting various industries, speeding up processes and making fast work of huge amounts of data, and investors and businesses need to analyse the material ESG risks and opportunities of ...

RIAA launches armed conflict toolkit for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... find cases to what we call responsible exits. That's a term that gets thrown around... having a responsible exit, but very few companies talk about it." Tomoya Obokata, special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery at the United Nations noted that ...

ASIC fines Future Super over greenwashing Facebook post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC has issued an infringement notice against Future Super for allegations of greenwashing over a 2019 Facebook post that garnered fewer than 30 views. In May 2019, Future Super put up a post that included the statement "Naysayers don't join together ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... moderately small source of supply to the largest, and indeed, singlehandedly supplied all the growth in nickel demand of the last few years which is amazing and a tribute to how fast they have been able to increase their mining production, but at what ...