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GPIF selects S&P Down Jones Indices for ESG benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Japan. "We are honored to be working with GPIF and JPX to raise market awareness for higher ESG data transparency and disclosure," said Alex Matturri, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices. "As the only carbon indices selected by GPIF, the S&P Global Carbon Efficient ...

ASIC report finds 17% of ASX300 identify climate as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... power to engagement with companies on their disclosures. Alison George, Regnan acting CEO The review, Climate Change Disclosure by Australia's Listed Companies, examined climate risk disclosures by 60 listed companies in the ASX 300, in 25 recent initial ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... which is where ESG integration and engagement comes in." To that end, Future Business Generation also calls for more disclosure by superannuation funds, in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Disclosure of executive remuneration in Australian companies lags other, more developed, markets, according to AXA Investment Managers. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Remuneration accounted for 68% of AXA IM's votes ...

ACCR, CAER study gender pay gap at ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... to the most meaningful types of disclosures -- transparency about the actual gender pay gap in their workforce and disclosure of pay scales -- is holding Australian women back. Further, inaction on pay equity cannot be excused by reliance on salaries ...

ASX200 stocks with strong ESG performance outperform: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... are not disclosed publicly. "One of the big things we'e found is that we've gone into an organisation, because their disclosure is poor, it doesn't really illustrate how good they are at managing ESG," she said. "We will go in to companies and say, you've ...

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... ASX200 companies in 2017. Meanwhile, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), in conjunction with Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) have released Sustainability reporting in ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Institutional investors including AustralianSuper, Cbus and UniSuper have scaled up engaging with "systematically important" greenhouse gas emitting companies globally under the Climate Action 100+ initiative. Climate Action 100+ was launched in December ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... increase from 30% in 2016. 64% engage in collaborative company engagement, an increase from 52% in 2016." However, disclosure of engagement activities lags reporting of the overall activity. RIAA also notes 94% of super funds have a formal voting policy ...

Hedge funds allocate at least US$59bn to responsible investment: AIMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... respondents being "inadequate methodologies for the calculation of sustainability risks" and the "lack of relevant disclosure from companies".