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Australian companies under "extreme pressure" over ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... conduct and the treatment of customers, sustainability and ESG practices, and the relationship with public bodies and government contracts. Australian companies are also more exposed to fraud risks, with 44% saying they were reactive in this area, compared ...

Ratcheting up ambition on climate finance goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... - money to support mitigation and adaptation actions that will address climate change. For its part, the Australian government provided AU$1.5 billion in climate finance between 2015-2020 and in December 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced ...

APAC data centre operator inks $2.1bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... important priority not just for AirTrunk but also our key stakeholders including our customers, employees, investors, government, and the broader community," Khuda said.

MUFG, First Sentier announce head of Sustainable Investment Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Karadzhova will be responsible for developing the institute's research programme which will include macro-level research on sustainable investment topics, market trends and industry practices. Karadzhova comes to the institute from MSCI, where she was ...

ESG, corporate purpose top CEOs' agenda: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... meeting "must inject necessary urgency into the climate debate, and 77% of leaders both here and overseas believing government stimulus was needed to turbo-charge business climate change investments." In terms of material social issues, CEOs believe ...

Boral to go net zero by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Boral has announced net zero commitments aligned to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Boral will reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 46% by 2030 and will reduce relevant Scope 3 emissions by 22%, both from a 2019 baseline. The targets ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... a new commodity, and that commodity is the environmental market." Based solely on current activities in the federal government's Emissions Reduction Fund, generation of carbon credits and biodiversity activities already have a measurable, positive return ...

HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... the specific characteristics of its mangroves and other benefits as well, Bhattacharjee said. The Queensland state government has a $500 million Land Restoration Fund, which aims to expand carbon farming in the state by supporting land-sector projects ...

Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
The momentum to address climate change has built, but regulatory, methodological and investor climate action remain challenges in financial markets, according to ISS ESG. Financial market participants including investors are still working to find appropriate ...

No all male-boards on ASX200 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... is one of few countries to achieve 30 per cent women on the boards of its top companies without mandated quotas or government intervention, according to the recent Towards Board Gender Parity report by the University of Queensland Business School. "When ...