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Modern slavery, just transition, tax key themes: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... international asset manager chooses three to five focus themes for engagement that relate to ESG issues, for 10-12 companies most at risk to run for a three-year period. "We go for quality over quantity of engagement," said Peter van der Werf, head of ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... want to participate, there are financial penalties (if the scheme is regulated) from a legal perspective and reputational risk." "Are we designing these products for a second, third and fourth life before their end of life? And are there environmentally ...

RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has recruited its new head of certification from the B Corp movement. Shalini Samuel joins RIAA as head of certification. She comes to the industry body from B Lab AANZ, where she was director ...

Businesses back stronger Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... reporting periods," FairSupply said. "Deeper supply chain interrogation. Clear identification of and engagement with high-risk suppliers and where necessary remediation activity. A stronger due diligence response to address and remediate modern slavery ...

Market Forces asks for ASIC investigation of ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... climate goals ANZ claims to support," van de Pol said. "Companies facing reasonable shareholder requests for improved climate risk disclosure and practices cannot be allowed to mislead investors, and it's high time investors stop blindly accepting companies' ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... sector investment, projects must demonstrate the economic benefits of sustainable ocean solutions and provide mechanisms for risk mitigation and financial return. "Ultimately, the goal is to transition to a low-carbon economy, and that's going to ...

CEFC doubles investment in Artesian bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... activities," the CEFC said. Artesian will also expand its own internal reporting tool, to assess the reporting frameworks on climate risk and financed emissions disclosures provided by underlying issuers, including baseline development of companies' ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... "On a go-forward basis, capital allocation models and frameworks are moving from a world with traditional two dimensions of risk and returns to incorporating that third element - how do I fulfill risk and return goals and meet goals around sustainability ...

Australian sustainable finance taxonomy to feature traffic-light system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's future taxonomy defining sustainable financial activity should adopt a traffic-light colour coded framework to allow financial products to be distinguished based on their alignment to sustainable activities. That is one of the recommendations ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Disclosures (TNFD) has released the final draft framework, Version 0.4, which will help companies navigate their nature-related risk. The new TNFD draft framework is the fourth and final draft of all core elements and includes metrics, target setting ...