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Exiting emissions-intensive assets may not reduce climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... potential consequences of fossil fuel exclusion policies and that investors ensure managed decline is considered as a climate risk strategy. Companies should assess the relative merits and risks associated with emissions-intensive asset sales by investee ...

KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... available at all levels, from non-management to executive-level leadership, covering topics including circularity, reporting, and risk. This follows the release of KPMG's Circularity Tracker, an automated data collection tool offering model-based data ...

ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Trust's Net Zero 2050 Roadmap takes a long-term view that aims to be pragmatic, measured and actionable, to help manage climate risk while safe-guarding and growing the retirement savings of our members to help them retire well, with confidence," ...

US regulator slaps US$25m penalty on DWS for greenwashing, AML

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
DWS Investment Management's American operations will pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission US$25 million to settle charges stemming from greenwashing claims and failures to develop an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program for mutual funds it advised. ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Climate change, gender equality, decent work, and natural capital and biodiversity loss are priorities for one major Australian superfund when it comes to the 2023 ASX300 AGM season. HESTA, which has approximately $76 billion in assets under management ...

US regulator adopts tighter rules for ESG fund names

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... investors put their hard-earned savings into an 'ESG' or 'fossil free' fund, they expect to reduce their climate risk and not own big oil, coal, and deforestation," said As You Sow CEO Andrew Behar. " These new rules will help provide ...

Podcast: Alex Banks - she speaks for the trees

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... that financiers do not assess and disclose deforestation and biodiversity loss in Australia and may not even be aware of the risk when funding Australia's primary industries. The report also found that deforestation and nature loss in Australia is ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... environmental sustainability and their business strategy, which exposes companies to regulatory penalties and reputational risk. "The sustainability teams that I'm coming across are drowning in the regulatory requirements, let alone the voluntary ...

Go digital for ESG, financial reporting: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... record, measure and verify reports, according to Deloitte Access Economics partner and lead author John O'Mahony. "The risk for Australia is that it is hard to find out what Australian companies are up to," O'Mahony said. "In the words of one ...

Norway's oil fund updates climate demands

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... told all companies to apply the demands and will apply the policy to its own voting decisions. The oil fund's new climate risk demands are anticipated to have a substantial impact on companies around the world. According to the Sovereign Wealth Fund ...