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Sustainable debt, finance in strong start to 2022: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... capital markets, Australia Andrew Duncan. "We expect SLBs and other sustainability linked financing to become more popular as ESG becomes an increasingly significant element of investment decisions."

Insignia Financial creates head of RI role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Insignia Financial has created the role of head of responsible investing and recruited an ESG exec from Ellerston Capital for the role. Insignia Financial has named James Tayler to the newly created role, which will be responsible for the responsible ...

Mercer appoints APAC sustainable investment leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... stewardship. Mercer is recruiting for a client leader, sustainable investing - Pacific, who will be responsible for leading ESG and climate advice to clients. Mather noted that the number of ESG issues that investors must consider has "proliferated." ...

Heritage Bank hires first ESG and sustainability manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Heritage Bank has created the role of ESG and sustainability manager. The mutual bank has hired Andrew Masci to the newly created role, its first dedicated ESG resource. Masci will drive the ongoing development of Heritage's ESG framework including ...

Igneo reports on ESG progress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... manager Igneo Infrastructure Partners has reported on its progress towards environmental and social indicators in its 2021 ESG report. Igneo is First Sentier Investors' direct infrastructure business. In March, it became a standalone brand, with ...

High modern slavery risk to ASX 300: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Nearly one third (31%) of the ASX 300 are assessed as high risk for modern slavery, according to a new scorecard from ISS ESG. ISS ESG has launched the Modern Slavery Scorecard, which assesses modern slavery risks in operations and supply chains, preparedness ...

Leaders on road to ESG maturity by 2030: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
A vast majority of corporate leaders believe that ESG priorities will be important to their organisations, but only 39% of leaders believe that they will have implemented the operational changes required to meet their ESG targets by 2030, according ...

Industry reacts to ASIC greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... setting the regulator's expectations, but experts say there is more to be done to improve disclosure on the full gamut of ESG investment products. ASIC undertook its review of a sample of superannuation and investment products and identified three ...

ASIC: improve greenwashing disclosure or risk penalty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) recent information sheet on greenwashing is focused on improving practices on ESG disclosure in managed funds and superannuation, with the regulator saying it would consider enforcement action if they ...

Emerging markets improving on ESG: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Emerging market companies are increasing their focus on ESG issues, citing pressure from investors as a key driver for activity, according to Bank of America. Bank of America's ESG Research recently surveyed issuers in emerging markets, with over ...