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ISPT launches sustainable furniture scheme, diverts waste

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... opportunity to rethink high-end, good quality furniture from the perspective or retaining its value and the social and environmental benefits of rehoming and donating funds to foundation. ISPT was able to apply the experience of that pilot project to ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... businesses have fully transitioned to cloud, while 97% of businesses that do use cloud technology report positive environmental impacts This research finds that sustainability is not a factor driving digital decisions, but it's a big opportunity if businesses ...

AXA IM launches two sustainable funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... substantially invests in an open-ended Luxembourg fund which invests a minimum 75% of its net assets in bonds financing environmental projects. AXA IM currently manages over $20 billion worth of green bonds as at end of 2021. The fund seeks to invest ...

Cundall names APAC head of ESG advisory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... experienced leader in this space, with an outstanding track record of working with clients and projects to reduce environmental impacts while improving commercial outcomes." Cundall's ESG advisory engages with clients across the Asia-Pacific region and ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... decision making with stakeholders including banks and investors. "Investors and businesses increasingly perceive environmental risk as financial risk," said CBA senior associate currency strategy and international economics Carol Kong. "Climate change ...

BNP Paribas AM launches sustainable Asia fixed income strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... Paribas AM notes that Asian cities will have to become "more resilient to the negative impacts of climate change and environmental degradation", and will need to become "enablers of the transition to a low carbon, more environmentally sustainable and ...

ESG indicators a risk warning for credit: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... compensate for that risk," Morabito said. "Also, most of our global credit portfolios now have a limit to the amount of environmental risk they can take on. It's like a budget - increasingly, over time, you need a trajectory to cut your carbon emissions ...

ASX boards need to "quickly evolve" on ESG skills: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... Melior cited skills in areas such as finance and audit, sector expertise, cybersecurity, customer and supply chain, environmental sustainability, international, social, and government relations. Melior also believes that diversity amongst board members ...

Business leaders, consumers "fed up" with ESG progress: Oracle

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... leaders and consumers are increasingly prioritising sustainability, but are "fed up" with lack of progress towards environmental and social goals and are looking to technology to assist in the digital transformation to achieve those goals, according ...

Sustainability, growth drive NextGen family business: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... we play a role in society." Just a quarter of NextGens say they are presently engaged in reducing their business' environmental impact, where 65% expect to be in the future. PwC recently surveyed the current generation of family business owners, and ...