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SASB, GRI announce collaborative workplan for further understanding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainability reporting, which are designed to fulfill different purposes and are based on different approaches to materiality, the organisations note. SASB's industry-specific standards identify the subset of sustainability-related risks and opportunities ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches smaller companies fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... score will be drawing data from a number of external providers but using our internal research as well, with a full materiality screen," Welsh-Rose said. "That includes a governance and operational score, trying to tackle the issue of not just the policies ...

First Sentier Investors launch Modern Slavery Toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... salience of human rights, which is different to how they'd prioritise other ESG risk management, which is more around materiality." Identifying risks from modern slavery is hampered by the fact that the data around modern slavery risks is not comprehensive ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... R-Factor integrates multiple data sources and is built utilising the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) materiality framework. The fund manager uses SASB's Materiality Map to generate a unique ESG score for listed companies. Additionally ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... R-Factor integrates multiple data sources and is built utilising the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) materiality framework. The fund manager uses SASB's Materiality Map to generate a unique ESG score for listed companies. Additionally ...

Accounting bodies develop guidelines for disclosing to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... and the way of doing things." The final version of the recommendations included enhancements to the definition of materiality, and the inclusion of materiality as a fundamental concept, Adams said. In the public feedback that was disclosed along with ...

ESG focus on climate change, income inequality: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... engagement program, T. Rowe Price is advocating aligning ESG disclosure with global frameworks that emphasise financial materiality, namely the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). ...

Trucost hires Michael Salvatico to head APAC ESG business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... ASEAN region and will be based in Singapore. She has extensive experience in sustainability strategy, ESG reporting, materiality assessment, and climate change services. Zheng has formerly worked in the sustainability team at KPMG as well as the Global ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... 100+. The global fund manager is also developing an ESG scoring framework that will utilise in-house research on the materiality of ESG factors, data science and artificial intelligence. A launch date for the system has not been established, but it will ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... reporting against their framework is very encouraging as well." SSGA's proprietary R factor is built utilising SASB's materiality framework, Colton said. "The environmental and social component is built solely on SASB's framework," Colton said. "We want ...