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ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... features of Australian corporate governance are positive features in the Australian market, said EquitiesFirst chief executive officer, Australia Mitchell Hopwood. "There are two points, one is on the remuneration reporting, and the two strikes rule ...

ASX companies join 40:40 Vision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... them commit to achieve gender balance of 40% identifying as women, 40% identifying as men and 20% any gender in their executive leadership by 2030. Signatory companies have also committed to publicly set gender targets for 2023 and 2027, disclose plans ...

JANA hires first head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... hired Rachel Halpern as its first head of sustainability. Rachel Halpern joins JANA from Westpac Group, where she was executive manager for risk. She has had an established advisory career covering risk and commercial litigation, and previously worked ...

Singapore Stock Exchange to launch carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... consistently high standard of carbon credits for this market to be credible and effective," said Standard Chartered group chief executive Bill Winters. CIX will be headquartered in Singapore. "SGX serves the ecosystem as a leading sustainable and transition ...

SGX-listed companies improving sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... There has been progress in embedding sustainability more deeply in corporate cultures, with 26% of companies linking top executive remuneration and ESG performance, an increase from 8% in the 2019 study. The review found that 61% of issuers made disclosures ...

Unite the league: investors join climate coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... 2030 is responsible action to help secure a healthy economy for Australia," said Investor Group on Climate Change chief executive officer, Emma Herd. "The fresh commitments to the initiative from ISPT, Teachers Mutual Bank Limited, TelstraSuper and U ...

"Booming" demand for ESG specialists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Firms in Australia and regionally have announced hires to ESG and sustainability teams, with one expert saying demand is high for ESG specialists. Hiring for ESG professionals in financial services is "booming," said Simon Gvalda, senior recruitment ...

First Sentier launches unit for sustainability research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... practical strategies that contribute to better outcomes for the environment and society," First Sentier Investors chief executive Mark Steinberg said. The study outlines regulatory, behavioural and operational actions that should be taken to remove this ...

CBRE hires APAC ESG research lead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
CBRE has hired Sameer Chopra to head its Pacific research team and lead ESG research for the Asia Pacific region. Chopra will join CBRE in July. He is currently head of Australian research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "We continually strive to ...

Fidelity International expands sustainable investing team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Asset Management where he was most recently global head of sustainability research. Prior BNPP AM, Wilson-Otto was an executive director in Goldman Sachs' Global Investment Research division and head of GS SUSTAIN for Asia. Wilson-Otto holds a Bachelor ...