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ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... We're trying to promote long term sustainable business practices, and to that end, providing that transparency and disclosure whether it be starting with TFCD and as companies become more familiar with that process, becoming a little bit crisper in asking ...

Companies making net zero commitments they need to keep: investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... including corporate climate lobbying; climate Governance, and meeting the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) recommendations Overall, 83 of the focus companies (52 % of the total) assessed have announced an ambition to achieve ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Super funds and asset managers have announced commitments to remove risks of greenhouse gas emissions from their portfolios. These announcements have a shorthand - "net zero" or "carbon neutral" or "decarbonisation" - and have varying timelines to reach ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... climate-related risks across its entire business and develop recommendations on governance, risk management processes, disclosure and measurement. In 2020, Nuveen Real Estate was recognised by the U.S. Department of Energy as a Better Buildings Challenge ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
The global meat supply chain carries risks including animal welfare, occupational health and safety and climate change, but companies around the world across the supply chain are enhancing their disclosures and practices. Global fund manager Robeco ...

Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Rio Tinto is the first Australian-listed company to commit to a vote on its Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) reporting, joining Glencore, Unilever, Aena and Moody's. "We meet with the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) group regularly ...

Green economy a multi-trillion dollar opportunity: FTSE Russell

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... activities or combining with broader sustainability issues such as social and development. FTSE Russell uses disclosed data, disclosure from engagement from companies, and then uses an internal team to model data based on estimates from available information ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Scentre Group will enhance its disclosure on prevention of wage theft in cleaning contracts and how it manages safe workloads for cleaning staff, after facing the possibility of a shareholder resolution on the topic at its April AGM. The new reporting ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Note: This piece was contributed by Jacki Johnson and Simon O'Connor, co-chairs of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative and solely reflect the writers' opinion Many will opine on the lessons learnt from 2020, but the seismic shifts ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... whether medical or environmental, demand a global and ambitious response." Fink's letter particularly noted that data and disclosure of net zero transition plans is essential, because it allows grater assessment of sustainability risks. To that end ...