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Australia leads on climate risk coverage, but depth lacking: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... and sustainability likely to come into Australian accounting standards, other mandatory reporting requirements on the horizon and rising stakeholder demand for increased transparency, organisations should focus on closing this gap between their disclosure ...

APRA chair highlights challenges of climate risk assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... between climate risks and business activities present genuine challenges for risk management, as does the extended time horizon over which climate risks may materialise," Byres said. "The risks that could emerge are novel in nature, and hard to measure ...

NGS Super divests from oil and gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... the price points the fund had agreed to with their external managers, triggering the divestment. "As we look out to the horizon, we believe the long term returns of the oil an gas sector are significantly impaired," Squires said. "It's difficult ...

ESG strong factor in M&A activity: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... decisions like capex to ESG outcomes, Chadha said. These decisions often last beyond the private equity investor's investment horizon. "When private equity starts to think from an investment perspective, they work with horizons," he said. "There's an ...

High modern slavery risk to ASX 300: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... paid to secure their jobs increased their vulnerability to exploitation." The engagement has been given a two-year time horizon and has several defined goals, Bartram said. "One of the goals is to improve companies' commitment to prohibit forced labour ...

Leaders on road to ESG maturity by 2030: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
A vast majority of corporate leaders believe that ESG priorities will be important to their organisations, but only 39% of leaders believe that they will have implemented the operational changes required to meet their ESG targets by 2030, according ...

NGS Super to reduce emissions 35% by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... noted. "The timeframe for YFYS is measured over an eight-year period, and sometimes the investments we make have a longer horizon than that - they may have a 15-year payoff. "That requires quite creative thinking. If you remove oil and gas, how do you ...

Blackmores inks $75m sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Blackmores has refinanced $150 million of existing loan facilities and linked half of the refinancing to sustainability targets. The new sustainability linked loan agreement will incentivise Blackmores to achieving on targets including reductions of ...

Australian Ethical names heavyweights to investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has made three senior hires for its investment committee. Sean Henaghan is the current CIO of Aurora Capital and former CIO of AMP Capital Multi-Asset Group, and has proven leadership of a substantial investment business with over ...

American Century outlines 2022 sustainability priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... impact on economies and investment portfolios, American Century looked at issues that will have a seven to 10 year time horizon or further, and the issues that are linked to a future, sustainable economy, said American Century head of ESG and sustainable ...