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Australian company boards lack skill, experience to lead net zero transition: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Australian company directors "lack the skills and experience" to lead the transition to net zero emissions by 2050, according to a report by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Further, the IGCC report, A Changing Climate: what investors expect ...

BetaShares appoints director of responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Action Plan and Modern Slavery Statement. Prior to Suncorp, Liddell held roles at the Centre for International Financial Research (CIFR), the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), Russell Investments, and QIC. Liddell's appointment to BetaShares comes ...

APAC investors taking decarbonisation action: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... inform both internal conversations with clients as well as external conversations with companies, Wong noted. "We use this research to help inform our net zero planning," she said. "We have signed on to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative earlier ...

Australia needs 2035 net zero target: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Researchers at RMIT have called on the federal government to set a net zero target for 2035, re-introduce a national price on carbon and mandate reporting of carbon emissions to support businesses in achieving decarbonisation goals. Lead author of the ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... coal," Hall notes. "This makes the long- term role of natural gas and ensuing methane emissions a key topic in our ongoing research and engagement with companies in the energy sector. We expect to see greater regulatory intervention drive progress over ...

Board of the future to face more ESG issues: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... years, rather than 10 years. We know we're going to need a different skill set after 5 years Participants in the report's research identified climate change, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability, technology and digitalisation ...

COP26 preview: reporting, carbon markets and role of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... better disclosure from companies regarding climate change data, said Insight Investment head of responsible investment research and stewardship Josh Kendall. "For the financial system to move forward there needs to be greater and better disclosure from ...

Investor toolkit to assist in engaging on Indigenous cultural heritage protection

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... practical." In addition to working to develop this toolkit, abrdn has also developed and evolved its internal guidelines and research on corporate risk, human rights and cultural heritage of First Nations peoples, Welsh-Rose said. "In terms of what we've ...

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... latest technology to help them farm more productively and sustainably. We are delighted to support the broader use of research from groups such as the CSIRO to deliver energy efficiency improvements to farms as well as optimize production, soil carbon ...

Wayfinding for Ethical Investment

RODGER SPILLER  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... will feature a webinar, led by Professor Chellie Spiller and Dr Rodger Spiller. Integrating Chellie's wayfinding research and Rodger's ethical investment research, the webinar will be a journey of discovery for ethical investors. What is 'wayfinding'? ...