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Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Biodiversity is a quickly emerging risk and opportunity for investors and companies, but addressing the materiality of ecosystem and dependencies is complex and goes to the heart of finance, according to a panel of experts. There is a clear drive to ...

Data challenges inhibit ESG integration in sovereign credit ratings: World Bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... report, authored by Ekaterina Gratcheva, Bryan Gurhy, Andrius Skarnulis, Fiona Stewart, and Dieter Wang, notes that the materiality assessment of ESG factors in sovereign credit risk is evolving, and many CRAs have introduced "additional insights into ...

Decarbonisation a key megatrend in private markets: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... energy-transition opportunities as thematics. "Key to acting on sustainable opportunities over the next two years will be showing materiality and improving the toolkit to measure impact and additionality in investor portfolios," BlackRock said. "With ...

SGX mandates TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... be a starting point for what companies can disclose in their sustainability reports. Issuers should still conduct a materiality assessment to ensure the relevance and completeness of their reported metrics. Respondents noted that an ESG data portal will ...

Evolution Mining commits to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... reporting, Evolution Mining. "In FY21, the sustainability strategy was further enhanced through a formal and independent materiality assessment." This year, the Evolution Mining sustainability report was aligned with ESG reporting frameworks including ...

Alphinity highlights sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Moana Nottage to sustainability and ESG roles to support the wider firm. The $15.3 billion fund manager introduced a materiality assessment tool in the last financial year, which allows the investment team to identify and assess material ESG issues for ...

Asset consultants keep gates closed on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... of factors, including idea generation, the ways in which investment teams identify ESG risks and opportunities, how materiality is determined and how they then feed into the investment process. Mercer also looks at internal and external communication ...

NAB launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... and willing to be transparent and support that ambition with a second party position in terms of the targets, their materiality and the reporting that's provided." In August, ANZ launched SLDs that will initially be sold in in Australia, Hong Kong ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but climate clarity needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... prioritisation of the SDGs is on an upward trend, the targets are getting better, and companies are doing more of that materiality analyses and linking it to their business to some degree." What is necessary to demonstrate commitment and progress towards ...

$515 million sustainability loan anchors seaport refinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... examining the customer's strategies, their disclosures and sustainability reports, and come up with ideas based on materiality assessment, what other people have done in the market and what's relevant to their industry," Chan said. "We invite ...