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GRI and EFRAG partner on Interoperability Index

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The GRI-ESRS Interoperability Index aims to offer guidance on technical implementation of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and reduce the reporting burden on companies. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the European Financial ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... encourages and reinforces ambitious government action. The ACCR research recommended that investors should use the CPA-Zicklin Index, the Global Standard on Responsible Climate Lobbying, and the Climate Policy Engagement Indicator of the CA100+ Net Zero ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Alignment Solution. ISS STOXX is the result of a recent merger between Institutional Shareholder Services and the Qontigo index business. In June the European Commission approved EU Taxonomy criteria for sustainable use and protection of water and marine ...

ASIC considering wider lens for greenwashing focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... liable to mislead the public in representing that all securities in the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund (Hedged) (Fund) were screened against certain ESG criteria." Allegations against Mercer Super relate to seven 'Sustainable ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... lack of global standards and definitions around climate and transition, noted Tony Campos, head of sustainable investment, Index Investments Group at FTSE Russell. To help answer that challenge, FTSE Russell has partnered with the Transition Pathway ...

Impact investing as greenwashing antidote: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... indices, but Balkrishna said it has performed strongly in comparison to other impact strategies. "We have been behind the index," he said. "The major reason for that is that if you look at the non-impact part of the index, we're looking at a small ...

Most inclusive Aussie orgs named

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... sectors, both Australian listed companies and local arms of international organisations. To make the Inclusive Employer Index, at least 60% of employees at self-nominated organisations completed a comprehensive survey on diversity and inclusion in their ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... companies on how well they govern their political spending against the Center for Political Accountability (CPA)'s CPA-Zicklin Index, the leading measure of transparency and accountability for corporate political expenditure and compared ASX companies' ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... opportunity. "Domestic transformation is one thing and our incredible opportunity - and the risky part - is of course that our index is made up of financials and resources. Our current resources companies - or a lot of them - if we don't do anything ...

Does sustainable investing underperform?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... strategies in the US equity market. The study concluded that sustainable investing did not deliver higher returns than standard index funds. However, recent research from Kroll found that companies with better ESG ratings outperformed their peers with ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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