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Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... reporting, CCLI said. The claim also alleges that in response to investor demands for scenario analysis, ExxonMobil made material misstatements with its representations that it faced little or no risk of stranded assets under a 'two-degree scenario'. ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Share Fund. That fund excludes companies we think aren't meeting minimum ESG hurdles, as well as companies with material exposure to controversial sectors like alcohol, tobacco and gambling. We use our proprietary ESG research to establish ...

A4S to address sustainability, disclosure at World Congress of Accountants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
The Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) initiative will press the case for greater engagement around sustainability and the impact of environmental, social and economic issues on financial outcomes at the 20 th World Congress of Accountants ...

Diverse boards can provide "profitability moat" to future returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... extraordinary items. "AXA IM is firmly of the view that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors such as diversity are material economic indicators and Rosenberg Equities is using diversity data to improve its own earnings forecasts", said ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... and across 15,000 annual reports. "Of the 60 listed companies in our ASX 300 sample, 17% identified climate risk as a material risk to their business," ASIC said. "While most of the reviewed ASX 100 entities had considered climate risk to the company's ...

ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... system as well." There is also potential brand damage as well, O'Brien said. "Obviously for a company whose brand is so material to its value, those things are significant business risks to Qantas," she said. "It's hard to think of an activity that's ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... increasingly focusing their attention on social sustainability," Langbroek said. "The latter has resulted in more awareness on material social topics such as modern slavery, health and well-being, and community impact." This year, 903 property companies ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
A coalition of more than 80 US-based grassroots organisations are protesting US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention through a campaign targeting banks JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo for providing debt financing for two for-profit ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... easiest to report on, but rather encourages companies to focus on what accounts for the highest priorities and what is material for their business. "By reporting on actions, contributions and impact towards the Sustainable Development Goals, businesses ...

ASX200 stocks with strong ESG performance outperform: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... financial return. "What it means for us at Regnan is that our combination of research, which looks at the stock, looks at the material ESG to that stock, and engagement with that corporate to improve their disclosures or improve their management of those ...