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Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... is on the cards as well. The robustness of COVID-19 bonds will hinge on the use of proceeds of the funds raised, the reporting on how said funds improve impacts of COVID-19, in terms of health and economic outcomes. "Healthcare services related to COVID-19 ...

APRA creating and recruiting to fill role of head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... entities to minimise costs and optimise benefits," APRA said in the February letter. APRA is not prescriptive of the reporting frameworks that regulated entities should use, but rather encourages the adoption of voluntary frameworks such as the Financial ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... in supply chains, opening up investor and business risk as well as questions about compliance with Modern Slavery Act reporting. Earlier this week, Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs Jason Wood MP announced the ...

Trucost hires Michael Salvatico to head APAC ESG business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... manager for the ASEAN region and will be based in Singapore. She has extensive experience in sustainability strategy, ESG reporting, materiality assessment, and climate change services. Zheng has formerly worked in the sustainability team at KPMG as ...

Brokers recognised for research at ESG Research Australia awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... research by a non-broking firm is: - Best Piece of Investor Relevant ESG Research (non-broking firm): Modern Slavery Reporting - guide for investors, by Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil Investment Management and Kate Griffiths and Ian McIlwraith, Australian ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... supplier companies in the cleaning and security sectors in its pilot phase. The goal is to create a single source of reporting for suppliers and a pool of information that property companies can use when developing their Modern Slavery statements in ...

GCNA awarded federal grant to provide training on modern slavery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... the grant to build awareness and capacity of Australian businesses to respond to the Australian Modern Slavery Act's reporting requirements "with a focus on strengthening remediation processes including company-run grievance mechanisms," GCNA said. Guidance ...

Modern slavery, climate risk key elements of RI activity: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... but it's an iterative approach and we'd like to take that to the next level this year." This will include improving reporting on fund metrics and targets and improving the funds' learning and development, Turner added.

ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The vast majority of Australian and New Zealand companies reporting to CDP have board-level oversight on climate-related issues, but more action is needed, CDP said. Pratima Divgi, director of Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand at ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Ausbil. "Some aspects of ESG are entering uncharted territory, because not only do investors need to do modern slavery reporting for the first time, there's also TCFD reporting as well," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "We're facing a new reporting regime where ...