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Hendrik van Calcar steps down as director of Qantas Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... returns and reputation. We actively exercise share ownership rights and constructively engage with company boards about material ESG issues" Qantas Super had $8.45 billion in assets under management as of 31 July 2019.

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... assurance engagement in accordance with ASAE 3000 and has confirmed that the Framework has been properly prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the relevant international principles and guidelines. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... about "the financial nature of climate change risks to its regulated entities. APRA has advised that these risks are material, foreseeable and actionable now". Super funds are realising that climate change is a long-term risk management issue. They need ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Australian small and mid-cap listed companies listed governance, diversity, safety and equality as their top three material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, as well as areas of future improvement, according to a survey conducted by ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... exhibit best performance in their industries from a carbon emission perspective. Both ETFs screen out companies with material exposure to fossil fuel, gambling, tobacco, armaments, uranium/nuclear energy, destruction of valuable environments, animal ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Auditing & Assurance Standards Board (AuASB) have all issued guidances and statements in recent years emphasising that material and relevant climate-related risks need to be disclosed, and legal experts have suggested that the accumulated guidances constitute ...

Company, investor climate change partnership "essential": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... decide what they do with the knowledge." If a company does not improve on the ESG objectives that Robeco decides are material to shareholder return, this could lead to divestment and/or exclusion. "If such companies don't improve enough, we will exclude ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies that are clear laggards in terms of how they are addressing and managing what is considered to be financially material ESG issues," said Benjamin Colton, head of asset stewardship, Asia Pacific at SSGA. SSGA will be looking at companies that ...

CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing finance of up to $60 million to Bank Australia for a green home loan program. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The new Bank Australia Clean Energy Home Loan will offer eligible ...

Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Australia, prior to developments including the Hutley opinion and statements by ASIC, APRA, the RBA and the AASB regarding material disclosures of climate risk. Further, at the time, there was a lack of market response when the New York State Attorney ...