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US Dept of Labor green-lights ESG integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... brought by the US regulator over failures involving ESG research used to select investments. In conduct stretching from April 2017 to February 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged Goldman Sachs had several failures in relation to two ...

ISSB to require Scope 3 emissions disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... emissions from electricity purchased and used, and Scope 3 covers all other indirect emissions from the value chain. The ISSB in April released two drafts covering general sustainability-related disclosure requirements and specific climate-related disclosure ...

RBA governor urges implementation of ISSB standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... investors want it, and if we don't do it then they will be reluctant to invest in Australian businesses." The ISSB in April this year released two drafts covering general sustainability-related disclosure requirements and specific climate-related ...

Cbus names new head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... AICD's 30% Club Investor working group. Nicole Bradford was Cbus' previous head of responsible investment. She left in April to join the Australian Retirement Trust as head of sustainable investment. Cbus is one of 32 funds recognised by Rainmaker ...

Future Fund, UniSuper hire ESG execs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Kirsten Simpson, head of ESG and investment stewardship. Simpson assumed that role following the departure of Joel Posters in April 2022. Halliday joins the Future Fund after having worked for AMP Capital for more than three decades. She served in a ...

New Zealand XRB releases final climate reporting paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... climate change are actively and routinely considered in business, investment, and lending decisions," said XRB chief executive April Mackenzie. "Climate disclosures bring climate-related risks and opportunities front and centre so that entities are prompted ...

Consultation on faith-based products opens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... the 2022/23 performance test. The draft legislation is the fulfilment of a promise made by Labor during the campaign. In April during the annual RIAA conference, then- Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation ...

Australian investors withdraw from ESG funds: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... funds. But overall, the ESG segment is buoyant, Calastone noted. Investors continued to invest in to managed equity funds in April and May, but by June, sentiment had turned sharply negative. June saw them pull A$253 million from their holdings, Calastone ...

LGT Crestone hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... initiatives forward." MacDonald's appointment marks another heavyweight hire for Crestone after Wan Lum's hire. In April, sister publication Financial Standard reported that Crestone appointed Wan Lum to the firm. He joined from Energy Super ...

Australian Ethical, Christian Super confirm merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
After announcing they were exploring a merger in April, Australian Ethical and Christian Super have signed a Successor Fund Transfer deed. The decision brings an end to Christian Super, which was established in 1984, with all its members expected to ...