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BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... uses five "dynamic" climate scenarios, which will continue to be adjusted to reflect future regulatory, technology and social environmental changes. It was jointly developed by BNP Paribas with ClimateWorks Australia, ISS ESG and The Centre for Quantitative ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... companies. Regnan conducted 83 engagements with 41 stocks in the ASX200, and Regnan noted the increasing complexity of social issues as a material thematic for the past three years. "There is a greater awareness and higher expectations around human rights ...

Identifying exposures to modern slavery a key concern: Informed 365

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... compiles, coordinates and visualises data, providing information to make better, more informed decisions related to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Informed 365 is providing a platform for gathering information related to supply chain exposures ...

ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies lack tax transparency: PWYP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... about inequality, we talk about the SDGs, we talk about the new attention particularly after COVID-19, being paid to the social factors," Parkin said. "Without tax justice, it's hard to address any of these things. Tax justice is crucial to addressing ...

Three lessons when assessing ESG risks: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... this lens, our analysts' view for software and services companies is that governance should far outweigh environmental and social aspects for credit risk and hence merits a larger weight in our model. In total, the analyst overlay suggested 50% of the ...

State Street Global Advisors to list new ESG ETF on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors will list a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) ETF on the ASX early next month. Meaghan Victor, head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG Fund (E200) tracks the S&P/ASX 200 ESG Index ...

BetaShares launches currency-hedged version of ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... products (ETPs) have trebled in size in the last three years. "Three years ago ETP products incorporating Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) principles represented 1% of the Australian market," the latest Rainmaker ETP report stated. ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Globally, the number of environmental and social metrics linked to short-term and long-term compensation plans has increased, with ASX-listed companies linking executive compensation to climate-related activities. Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia ...

HSBC launches ESG portfolio reporting tool for asset owners, managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... provides asset owners and managers who utilise the bank's securities services with independent measurement of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues in their investment portfolios. Chris Johnson, director of market data for Securities ...

Sefa to increase financing to social enterprises and build resilience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Impact Investor Social Enterprise Finance Australia (Sefa) expects to increase the number of social enterprises it can finance as a result of participating in the federal government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Hanna ...