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Improve ESG data, analytics to enhance decisions: SAS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... investor decisions and can demonstrate how companies are meaningfully employing ESG measures and strong corporate governance. "Policy and governance of data have to be in line with the business process," Byun said. "The data and analytics conversation ...

Census "a missed opportunity" on key questions: Diversity Council Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia. "The Census is an incredibly important tool for providing information to support the planning, administration and policy development activities of governments, business and other users," said DCA CEO Lisa Annese. "If we don't capture appropriate ...

ESG funds, ETPs see billion-dollar inflows

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... are likely to continue to demand more sophisticated ESG strategies and performance measures will become more urgent, with policy changes likely to accelerate, said AUSIEX's head of markets and client solutions Mathew Tilley. "Given the increasing scrutiny ...

Fidelity International nabs HESTA talent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... investing team, and I'm delighted to have her on board," Tan said "She brings extensive experience in ESG strategy and policy, including integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into investment strategy, which will be highly additive to the continuing ...

IPCC report highlights need for urgent action in Australia: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... backdrop of a landmark report into the physical impacts of climate change, one expert suggests that Australia's existing policy settings can be updated to a cap-and-trade systems to meet the challenge. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ...

A burning issue: decarbonising the global steel industry

ANNA CHONG, ANDY JONES  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Approximately 74% of steel production comes from countries which have a net-zero target in either existing or draft legislation or policy documents, and that figure is only likely to increase. Steel companies therefore face a race to decarbonise before ...

Climate friendly super choice could halve emissions: Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... "There's a strong sense of frustration and anxiety at feeling powerless when government is not willing to move its climate policy, and this research shows how effective super can be," Steggall said. "Obviously, I have been talking a lot to the superannuation ...

ASI launches APAC sustainability institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) will launch an Asia Pacific sustainability institute to support the momentum of sustainable investing. The abrdn Sustainability Institute is designed to drive sustainable investing and supporting the buildout of a ...

Infrastructure to offer opportunity for decarbonisation investment: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... timeframe, out to 2050, the first cab off the rank is the electricity and renewable sector and that's because we've already had policy support, we already have regulatory arrangements in place to ensure that capital put to work by investors has a reasonable ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... efficiency standards impacting on property exposures and stranded assets impairing loan portfolios, tightening climate-related policy resulting in the re-pricing of securities and derivatives, and evolving sentiment on climate change issues resulting ...