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Australian Unity appoints head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Matthew Moore, who joined Australian Unity on 10 January, will build upon Australian Unity's progress in the ongoing development and implementation of a best-in-class framework for responsible investment and corporate sustainability across Australian ...

Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... detailed carbon-reduction targets and Hong Kong has launched a Green Bond Framework "intended to support sustainable development and facilitate regular issuance." In the area of impact investing, Kuek pointed to UBS's oncology impact fund. Clients have ...

Accountants to play central role in ESG developments: CPA Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), which will develop the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards "The development and disclosure of forward looking metrics and targets is likely to accelerate," Rennie said. "Traditional accounting ...

Pushing ahead on gender parity in investment: Future IM/Pact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... delivering results for their clients." Because it is time-consuming to develop efficient networks to drive talent development and promotion, the answer is in collective action at the industry level, Beattie believes. "We have to facilitate that process ...

DigitalX hires NAB exec as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... continues to execute its business plan based around our three business units of funds management, Blockchain ventures and development of distributed ledger technologies." Wade has nearly 30 years of finance and financial markets experience and has previously ...

TCorp recaps performance of $5.2 billion sustainability bond programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... programme is aligned with the ICMA green and social bond principles, the Climate Bond Initiative and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. "We talk about the evolving nature of this segment and obviously being government, there is a broad range of assets ...

South32 negotiates US$1.4 billion sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... announced a target of reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2035 compared to their FY21 baseline. "Sustainable development is at the heart of our purpose and forms an integral part of our strategy. We are taking meaningful action to benefit our ...

From the courtroom to the boardroom: climate change risks and remedies

LOUISE CAMENZULI, JULIA GREEN, SANDY MAK  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
2021 will be seen as the year where international, environmental and market forces coalesced to bring climate change into sharp focus in Australian courtrooms and boardrooms. With the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) and UN Climate ...

Leadership essential in implementing ESG: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... challenge is the lack of a globally recognised framework. At a governmental level, a number of goals (e.g. UN Sustainable Development Goals), principles (e.g. UN Principles for Responsible Investment, UN Global Compact) and targets (e.g. Net Zero Asset ...

Evolution Mining commits to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Financial Disclosures (TCFD), as well as the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We also aligned our FY21 Sustainability Report with globally recognised ESG reporting frameworks; ESG is such ...