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Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... to evolve in line with client and regulatory expectations, we believe it is important to have a single point of accountability across Fidelity to deliver a consistent, overarching sustainability strategy - setting policy and governing delivery of our ...

Cleaning up diversity-washing boosts business performance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... software aims to help business owners, HR managers, finance teams and diversity and inclusion managers improve accountability and move the needle on DEI. Results from a pilot study found 78% of businesses want tools to analyse their DEI position, set ...

Singapore to scale climate data with CDSC NZDPU partnership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... that participate would affirm their climate transition commitments at the global level, improve transparency and accountability of data, and strengthening credibility for investors. "Collaboration is critical to achieving the goal of creating a unified ...

Chinese listed companies that invest in ESG show higher quality financial reporting: Study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... listed companies has found that those that invest in ESG-related projects show high quality financial reporting and accountability, according to a new study from Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers. CDU Professor of Accounting Indra Abeysekera ...

Snapshot: The rapid evolution of sustainable investing in Asia

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... listed companies has found that those that invest in ESG-related projects show high quality financial reporting and accountability. ESG factors are now firmly embedded in Asia's diverse markets, Fidelity International has revealed. ESG regulation ...

ISPT names first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... at Cushman and Wakefield and Places Victoria among other roles. He is a non-executive director on the Cleaning Accountability Framework (CAF) Board, is a member of the Property Council of Australia National Sustainability Roundtable and has participated ...

Climate Action 100+ ramps up corporate activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... 2030, companies will be asked to implement "a strong governance framework which clearly articulates the board's accountability and oversight of climate change risk" as well as take action to "actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the value ...

Experts evaluate impact of Modern Slavery Act review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... and was a statutory analysis of the operation of the act in its first three years. Jasper Goss of the Cleaning Accountability Framework (CAF) noted that the role of the anti-slavery commissioner will focus attention on high-risk sectors. "Recommendation ...

AI and ESG: risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... can't always explain exactly how they work. This obviously creates issues in terms of issue diagnostics, trust, accountability when something goes wrong, and large scale roll out. "The other challenge is that AI development is currently well ahead of ...

Outgoing APRA deputy governor calls for greater board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... first guidance to industry on digital assets such as cryptocurrencies. In other areas such as remuneration and accountability, we have also strengthened our expectations of boards." It is intrinsically important for boards to be composed of a diversity ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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