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Experts discuss impact of Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... opportunities. This was the topic of discussion at panel discussion held in Melbourne this week, organised by the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) and hosted by KPMG. Last month, Geoff Summerhayes, executive ...

Chart: CDP assessment of APRA-regulated entities' climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... which companies are publicly disclosing their climate risks and opportunities, and how CDP rates the quality of their disclosure This information comes from CDP's databases of responses for 2016. CDP grades companies out of 100 in four areas - disclosure ...

S&P DJI launches Green Bond Select Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched a green bond index based on the most liquid and tradeable segment of green-labelled bonds issued globally. Martina Macpherson, senior director, ESG strategy and product management, S&P DJI The S&P Green Bond ...

AMP Capital to divest from tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... behalf of AMP Capital's Multi-Asset Group, AMP Capital said. Divestment will begin once AMP Capital updates the product disclosure statements (PDSs) for the impacted funds. AMP Capital has excluded tobacco manufacturers because their products are "highly ...

Government launches inquiry investigating need for Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... most companies aren't comfortable making a statement that they're not doing anything to address these issues. Greater disclosure and transparency are also usually welcomed by civil society, investors and other stakeholders, and can help drive a race ...

AICD calls for stronger corporate whistle-blower protections

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... be eligible if you make the disclosures in "good faith", which is defined as your only motivation is that the public disclosure of the wrongdoing you see. That's not the real world. Motivations are always complex." The retention of the good faith standard ...

APRA calls for stress-testing of climate change risks in regulated entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... about risk and opportunity," said Emma Herd, IGCC CEO. "The work of the FSB Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) which followed in 2016 reinforced industry and investor appetite for greater clarity on how to price, manage and capitalise ...

Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... development of the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework. The Framework focuses on four key themes for industry disclosure: Animal Welfare, Economic Resilience, Environmental Stewardship, and People & the Community. Wide consultation has occurred ...

Bribery and corruption cited as sustainability engagement theme for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... within the human rights frameworks," she said. "That is going to be a topic and focus." Transparency and greater public disclosure is, as always, a corollary to these questions, and Leeora Black, managing director of the Australian Centre for corporate ...

Women comprise 25% of ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... around board composition including better independence; and better remuneration in terms of quantum, structure and disclosure." "The more analysis I've done on gender diversity, the more complex I have found the issue to be," said Karin Halliday, AMP ...