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How investors manage risk in a new AI world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Research from the University of Technology Sydney's Human Technology Institute finds an absence of AI-focused corporate governance strategies, hindering prudent decision-making and accountability. In fact, only 10% of corporate leaders reported having ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... production, weapons and armaments, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, deforestation, human rights violations and unethical corporate governance. It targets investments that have a measurable contribution to the UN sustainable development goals, and has a net ...

ASX200 skirts Scope 3 disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... 91 of those companies use a 1.5°C or below 2°C Paris-aligned scenario. Scenario analysis is vital in testing future corporate resilience to transitional and physical climate risks. But the research found its reporting lacks quality and depth, with ...

Climate: debt rise, credit falls for 59 nations as early as 2030

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... of sovereign credit ratings in 59 countries due to climate-related factors, resulting in a substantial rise in both corporate and sovereign debt by tens of billions of dollars from 2030. Under various warming scenarios, climate-induced sovereign downgrades ...

S&P Global drops ESG letter ratings from credit reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... their fund managers to invest "without considering the ideological agenda of the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) agenda."

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... (PRI) announce new chairs. Tan has received multiple promotions since he started at the firm in 2007 after leaving a corporate finance role at Norton Rose Fulbright. The ESG expert is being promoted out of his current role as global head of stewardship ...

Report sounds alarm on data centre climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... governance, and the report author. "You can't afford not to have an interest, and there are considerations from the corporate side, the government side and also the investor side. "From the investor side, the issue is how do you integrate these findings ...

Mike Ng named first chief sustainability officer for OCBC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Asia's second largest financial services group by assets. CEO Helen Wong said the new role would be focused on strong governance and will oversee bringing the business into alignment with environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies. "The diversified ...

Voting on climate crucial during AGM season: Amundi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... sees ESG emerging as a clear theme for shareholder proposals. A study from the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance found that the 2023 AGM season has so far been record-breaking for ESG (environmental, social, and governance) shareholder ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary problem?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... benefits to investors," Jenni Morawetz, Kirkland and Ellis partner in ESG and impact said. Preqin head of ESG solutions and corporate responsibility Jaclyn Bouchard argued that if BlackRock stops using the term, environmental, social and governance will ...