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Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... an impact to banks' mortgage portfolios, severe weather events leading to re-pricing of sovereign debt and impacting business continuity. The report also cited transition risks including tightening energy efficiency standards impacting on property exposures ...

Institutional Shareholder Services to acquire Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... for Australia, accessible via its RainmakerLive software platform. Rainmaker also operates a media, events and awards business under key mastheads: Financial Standard, FS Sustainability, Industry Moves, the Good Guide series and Money magazine. Led by ...

Agriculture business signs first sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Queensland producer Stockyard Group for an undisclosed sum. The three-year loan has set targets for the family-owned business covering emissions reduction, animal welfare and people wellbeing. Stockyard's sustainability strategy is aligned to beef ...

New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... sustaining jobs and shared prosperity in rural economies," said Brian Shillinglaw, managing director of New Forests' US business. "We bring this investment and stewardship mindset to our forestry investments in California and across the United States." ...

Royal Adelaide Hospital locks in $2bn social, green loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association and the Loan Syndications and Trading Association and was certified by DNV GL Business Assurance Ltd. "Broadly speaking, the Royal Adelaide Hospital provides access to essential healthcare to the people of South ...

Cooper Energy announces carbon neutral certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Scope 2 emissions and what a company spokesperson defined as controllable Scope 3 emissions - "indirect emissions from business travel and carbon embedded in manufacturing of steel and concrete structures." "As Australia's first carbon neutral domestic ...

Charting a course to net zero: Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... process, according to Neuberger Berman. Neuberger Berman notes that given the physical impacts of climate change and the business risks of the transition to global net-zero emissions means that integration of these considerations into asset allocation ...

Super funds file Modern Slavery Statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... exposed to businesses and investments that may be caught up in modern slavery. "If super funds are ESG advocates, this core business, or it should be." Super fund Modern Slavery statements averaged 10 pages. Rainmaker deemed the most comprehensive were ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). The RAP will see Melior commit to 14 activities on a range of issues internal to the business and external in terms of their engagement with companies. Melior developed their Reflect RAP in collaboration with affiliate ...

Extreme weather, human rights intensifying ESG focus: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... a baseline, Janus Henderson doesn't invest in companies that are not compliant with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights or non-compliant with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and they avoid investing in companies ...