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Executive appointment roundup: Corporate Citizenship to DBS, UNHCR to TBI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainability consultant Thomas Milburn has left his role at a global business consultancy after 10 years to join Southeast Asia's largest finance group. Milburn joins Singapore bank DBS (previously Development Bank of Singapore Limited) as senior ...

Climate resilience needed to dodge $442b VIC loss by 2100

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... put downward pressure on premiums, working with insurers through the Hazards Insurance Partnership. Insurance company FM Global told FS Sustainability it is seeing many businesses around the country increasingly focused on understanding climate-related ...

ISSB proposes IFRS digital taxonomy for sustainability disclosure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
The IFRS Foundation has published a proposed digital taxonomy to improve global accessibility and comparability of sustainability information. The proposed taxonomy will require the digital reporting of sustainability-related financial information. ...

Singapore fund invests in sustainable tourism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
CapitaLand Investment's lodging business Ascott has signed a MoU with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) to jointly train and equip tourism industry leaders and professionals on best practice in sustainability. As part of Singapore's national ...

NGS tracking ahead on 2030 net zero pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... accept some degree of tracking error, and that's particularly relevant to the Australian equities portfolio," he said. "Global equities show very little tracking error, but it is far greater in the Australian market." Their low carbon glidepath approach ...

Challenging market weakens ESG-focused fund flows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand sustainable funds saw record outflows of US$1.7 billion against a backdrop of global outflows. Inflation, interest rates and recession fears are weakening flows into global sustainable funds overall- which attracted $US18 ...

Report sounds alarm on data centre climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... April and May this year. The research cites statistics finding that IT and data centres contribute approximately 1% of global electricity consumption and up to 2% - equivalent to the airline industry. According to the International Energy Agency, data ...

The skills shortage delaying net zero: CEDA

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
A prominent sustainable development think tank argues that uncertainty around energy policy over the past 15 years has contributed to a critical skills shortage, and the government must do more to support workers or risk falling behind on the clean ...

Mike Ng named first chief sustainability officer for OCBC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance solutions for large corporates in 2018. In June 2022, he transitioned into head of sustainability office, global wholesale banking. OCBC launched a structured SME Sustainable Financing Framework in 2020 to help SMEs in their net zero ...

Voting on climate crucial during AGM season: Amundi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... climate emerging as a key issue during this years' AGM voting season. Le Meaux said that since every sector contributes to global warming, "every sector and economic player must take immediate action to accelerate their transition". As part of its ESG ...