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First Sentier publishes Modern Slavery Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... and how they're going to get there." In the first year of reporting to the Australian legislation, First Sentier has used data from a range of sources including the Walk Free Foundation, the US Department of Labor, Sustainalytics and Reprisk together ...

Social issues and climate dominate engagement: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... of evidence to support the power of racial and ethnic diversity as well," Colton said. "However, we don't have any kind of data, so we are miles and miles behind. This is a call for more disclosure on composition of board and the workforce, so we can ...

Regulator appoints first head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... letter, APRA also cited its 2018 climate change survey, which, among other things, "highlighted the need to address the climate data deficit, to quantify the likely impact of the physical, transitional and liability risks of climate change and accurately ...

Zenith creates ESG framework for fund classification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... practises to incorporate ESG factors in investment decisions and active ownership, Higgins said. "The very fast moving pool of data in ESG," he said. "That is potentially problematic because when you see these systems, all of them will assume a common ...

MackeyRMS launches ESG Scorecards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Scorecards was built in collaboration with MackeyRMS clients and is designed to "enable investment teams to integrate ESG ratings data from their preferred providers and build customized, repeatable, and auditable workflows to ensure holdings within ...

Ban on waste export presents risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... towards for National Waste Policy Action Plan commitments, including implementing the waste export ban, improving our waste data and halving food waste by 2030. Listed companies in the waste management and recycling space welcomed the announcement. Waste ...

PRI recgonises leaders for climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Dexus, and Lendlease. To qualify as members of the Leaders' Group, the PRI assessed signatories based on their reported data, and included having a robust governance structure for climate-related issues; looking at climate risks and opportunities ...

Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... demand for quality research to assist investors in responding to the biodiversity crisis. The consortium have selected Iceberg Data Lab and I Care & Consult as the research provider to design the tool. "This tender process has been a collaborative experience ...

Positive ESG impact linked to financial performance: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... pay gap target of +/-5%. However, overall, ASX300 comnpanies have a significant lack of disclosure around gender pay gap data and pay equality targets. "We're looking to broaden that out further in terms of other target we should be looking at," ...

Climate change to bring more frequent, intense weather: IAG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... enable businesses, governments and the community to understand and plan for the impacts of climate change, IAG said. Improving data gathering and modelling has meant that it is possible to trace detectable trends in hailstorms and even cyclones, Leplastrier ...