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US SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... long-term, how identified climate-related risks have affected or are likely to affect the registrant's strategy, business model, and outlook and the impact of climate-related events transition activities impact on financial statements, assumptions ...

Strong flow of new ESG funds brought to market: Equity Trustees

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... strategy, rather than just considering ESG in their investment decision-making process, said Equity Trustees general manager business development Johnny Francis. "We can see more and more funds having an ESG lens, or actually explicitly stating that ...

RIAA tapped to run TNFD consultation group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) in Australia and New Zealand. The RIAA TNFD consultation group will bring together business, finance, public sector and civil society organisations to drive engagement in nature-related business and finance ...

Labor victory likely to increase ACCU demand: CBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... of Australia's carbon market governance and ambition, but also an opportunity to better align whole-of-government and business decarbonisation efforts. "In addition to its review ahead of the strengthening the Safeguard Mechanism, the incoming government ...

More women on boards, but cultural diversity stagnating: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
More women are taking director roles, but a shrinking number of women are holding female-occupied seats, raising concerns about overboarding, according to research from the Governance Institute. The Governance Institute has released its latest Board ...

Moving to cloud brings financial and sustainability dividend: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... free lunch except that the agendas of executives and boards are busy," O'Mahony said. "There is a finite capacity for business to learn about all of the options and for business to change. The COVID-19 experience of 2020 and 2021 showed that business ...

AXA IM launches two sustainable funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers have brought two new responsible investment funds to the Australian market. The AXA IM Global Green Bond fund and the AXA IM Clean Economy Equity Fund are designed to offer wholesale investors access to sustainable portfolios. ...

Cundall names APAC head of ESG advisory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... are also a global effort," Jannaschk said. Jannaschk noted that the ESG lens is risk-based thinking that reflects the business world's acute appreciation of the material, financial and reputational risks associated with climate change. "We are seeing ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Quantity and quality of climate disclosures by Australian companies will improve, with or without a government mandate, according to CBA. In a recent report by CBA's sustainable economics team, the bank noted that regulations including the US Securities ...

Financial inclusion as risk and opportunity: Principal Financial Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... 40 markets. The Global Financial Inclusion Index is being developed in collaboration with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), and will look at key inputs across governments, employers, and the financial services industry and will assess ...