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Australian companies below global peers on reporting, targets: Refinitiv

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... intention side. We talk about the intention gap, where Australia is in certain aspects, lagging on intentions, especially on policy making." While 63% of global companies have a policy to reduce carbon emissions, up from 56% five years earlier, the report ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... rather to improve disclosure particularly by superannuation funds that have made sustainability or responsible investment policy commitments, Gocher said. "If every fund was supporting 100% of proposals, that would be weird," Gocher said. "We don't expect ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... growth area in an "otherwise growth-challenged world", there are challenges. "Outside of Europe, the path of environmental policy is difficult to predict at present - most importantly in the US and China - and the uncertain economic outlook may prove ...

Aviva Investors identifies megatrends representing market failures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... around disclosure, Waygood noted. "We have integrated this kind of disclosure of sustainability issues into our AGM voting policy since 2001," he said. "This includes issues challenging companies to publish data on a broad range of issues including human ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... commitment around transparency and accountability as an asset owner," she said. "We developed an active ownership and engagement policy complete with objectives. The really cool thing was that we linked them back to the fund and what we think our members ...

Future Business Council to close, join BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... "As we emerge from this COVID-19 environment, the time is ripe to amplify the voice of for-purpose business and develop a policy, regulatory and fiscal environment that meets the changing expectations of our investor and the broader Australian community," ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... summer. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) announced that it would suspend its planned 2020 agenda of policy and supervision initiatives (which included consultation on climate-related stress testing and related prudential guidance) ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... continued economic social disruption that will come due to climate change," she said. "What we expect is potentially bit of policy delay in the short term but we don't expect these efforts to be permanently thwarted, because what we're sensing is that ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... miners such as BHP, Vale and Glencore having already committed to set scope 3 targets, Rio has no excuse for its current policy vacuum." Rio Tinto has announced plans to reduce scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions, which Market Forces has labelled ...

Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Limited (HKEX), the Insurance Authority and the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA). The group will examine policy and regulatory issues in green and sustainable finance, "particularly those which may have a cross-sectoral impact", facilitate ...