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US Dept of Labor green-lights ESG integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
US-based retirement plans can consider climate change and other ESG factors in their investment processes, according to a rule change by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The announcement comes as the Securities and Exchange Commission fines Goldman ...

RBA governor cites climate, energy transition in inflation puzzle

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
RBA Governor Philip Lowe cited climate change and the transition to renewable energy as two of four longer-term changes to the global economy that are "likely to affect the dynamics of inflation, central bank policy and the way business operates in ...

Podcast: Harnessing emissions data to drive climate impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Patricia Torres, head of sustainable finance solutions, Bloomberg talks about the urgent challenge on managing climate risk over the next eight years, and what would constitute a successful outcome at COP27.

Carbon markets, biodiversity on tap at COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... urgent action. "Following this discussion, I would like to see commitments from governments to make both [Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures] TCFD and [Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures] TNFD reporting mandatory in their ...

Trust in ethics plummets: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... accountability, transparency - they come to the fore again and again," she said. There are high ethical expectations for action on climate change, with the index showing the federal government and multinational corporations have the highest urgent ethical ...

Australian asset owners lead on ESG integration, net zero investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... consultancy has released its biennial global asset owner survey, covering a broad range of investment topics, including ESG and climate. Australian asset owners are more likely to use ESG integration - 90% already integrate ESG, with 5% planning to do ...

Cbus bolsters its ESG team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Mumbai-based Brics Securities. "Cbus continues to focus on responsible investment as highlighted by our recent update of our Climate Roadmap and Ros McKay's appointment as head of responsible investment," said a Cbus spokesperson. "Since July, we ...

Seeking action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... knew this was going to be much more of a bread and butter COPP in a lot of ways," said Emma Herd, a partner at EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice. "It's less about the headline announcements and more about delivery ...

Strengthen governance to avoid investment greenwashing: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... managing sustainable investment funds, says SSGA global head of ESG and sustainable investing Karen Wong. "In the ESG and climate space, we're finding quite a lot of work around the lack of standards as well as a lack of standardisation around both ...

Australia joins COP27 forests partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Australia has become a founding member of the Forests and Climate Leaders Partnership, launched at COP27 this week, a move that emphasises the importance of forestry assets in climate mitigation. The UK-led voluntary partnership was formally launched ...