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ESG focus on climate change, income inequality: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... reporting at the portfolio level, and we're doing it by vehicle class through the year. We put out our first for our Australian unit trust, and we will be expanding." As part of its engagement program, T. Rowe Price is advocating aligning ESG disclosure ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Authority, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the ASX Corporate Governance Outlines and the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and Auditing & Assurance Standards Board (AuASB) have all issued guidances and statements in recent years emphasising ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... likened the bushfire crisis to the global financial crisis. "What needs to change is not so much the appetite of the Australian people to be generous, kind, and eager to support right at this moment," Petersen said. "It's about embedding a transformational ...

ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... impacts and where material disclosure this information." A joint guidance statement by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and Auditing & Assurance Standards Board (AuASB) on the integration of climate change-related risks into financial ...

AASB, AuASB statement raises stakes on disclosure of climate-related risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
A joint guidance statement by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and Auditing & Assurance Standards Board (AuASB) on the integration of climate change-related risks into financial statement materiality considerations has intensified the ...

KPMG event tells companies to consider the "What ifs" of climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... disclosure of climate-related risks." But as companies work through the policies and processes, there is an understanding by Australian regulators that this will take time, Barker said. At heart, companies and board should be asking themselves what happens ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... impact more profoundly in the future on regulation and policy in this sphere. Leeora Black, managing director of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility The GRI has recently celebrated its 20 th anniversary. In that time, it has become ...

Materiality reviews a source of strategic value: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... should work to connect environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to core business strategy, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... the options," O'Connor said. "We see this certification program as a key navigational tool for those members of the Australian public that are increasingly interested in investing in ways that are aligned with their values and ethics. We're basically ...

Good Super appoints Andrew MacLeod as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... University of Tasmania and sits on the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board. He has also previously served in the Australian armed forces and worked for the International Red Cross and the United Nations. MacLeod said he would like to see the superannuation ...