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Super funds ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... holdings data across dozens of investment managers, across multiple complex asset classes," he said. "The holdings regulations being vague on some key details have however created ambiguity among funds on precisely what data should be disclosed and in ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... thousand people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker safety and human rights has become ...

South Korea leads with ESG fund disclosure taskforce and anti-greenwash laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... establish ESG fund disclosure targets, disclosure items and standards related to fund management, and enforcement of regulations on financial investors. The FSS has also established "Capital Market ESG", which will enable consistent design and promotion ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... $170 million in 2022. The value of these materials is projected to approach $80 billion globally by 2050. Federal regulations to come into force by 2025 Despite efforts from government and industry groups since 2016, no Australian national PV recycling ...

Orica implements ESG data platform for GHG emission reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... streamlined reporting and forecasting insights," to more efficiently respond to increasing global reporting expectations and regulations as well as meet its net zero targets. Orica has previously announced a target to be net zero on its scope 1 and GHG ...

2023 the year for business action on climate change: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... go into the atmosphere, and the market reality is that it will become more expensive. "The release of more proposed regulations is to drive that certainty." Australian businesses must also prepare for the impacts of a forthcoming Carbon Border Adjustment ...

Carve outs for faith-based super funds are dead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... regime by permitting a class of super products to underperform compared with the rest of the market," ISA said. "The regulations don't provide sufficient protections for members of funds with faith-based products that are eligible for the supplementary ...

V-Square launches ESG index strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds. "We looked at the Australian market and considered the Your Future, Your Super performance test and APRA regulations and realised that the conundrum for a lot of Australian asset owners is to be lower fees, better value for members ...

Emerging markets improving on ESG: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... located in Latin America, with other respondents coming from Asia and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA). Regulations were a less prevalent driver in Asia (50%) and Latin American markets, (40%), but higher in EEMEA (58%). Bank of America ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... government mandate, according to CBA. In a recent report by CBA's sustainable economics team, the bank noted that regulations including the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s proposed climate reporting regime and the draft International ...