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Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
A new report from the Wilderness Society shows that 73% of all deforestation in Queensland is linked to beef production, calling on Australian companies to assess their exposures to deforestation in the beef supply chain. The Wilderness Society conducted ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian listed equities benchmark has slightly less unmanaged environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk than benchmarks in the US, UK and Canada, with the exception of the Australian materials sector, which has relatively more risk than ...

Amundi focuses on green private credit market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... these three markets in line with international best practice and legislation derived from the European Commission action plan on financing sustainable growth," according to Amundi. "When we look at green high yield credit, green private debt, and green ...

IOSCO releases statement on ESG-related disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has emphasised that environmental, social and governmental (ESG) matters "though sometimes characterized as non-financial, may have a material short-term and long-term impact on the business ...

Finance sector calls for development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... world have developed frameworks and policy signals around sustainable finance, including the European Commission's Action Plan for Financing Sustainable Growth, the UK Green Finance Taskforce, Canada's Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance, China's Green ...

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors has commissioned research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney that has led to the development of a packaging sustainability performance framework. David Gait, managing partner, Stewart ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... recommendations for improvement. Based on this, companies are required to develop and submit an Annual Report and Action Plan, which combines the performance summary and a plan for performance improvement. They can also download a benchmarking report ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... regulation to be able to get money off the sidelines. If we go to the next slide, it means that there are 10 pieces to an action plan they launched in March. They will get the key action points done in the second quarter of this year." AXA IM also identified ...

Carbon Market Institute calls for clarity in safeguard mechanism, Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
The Carbon Market Institute (CMI) is calling for the government to provide clarity on the Direct Action Plan and specifically the safeguard mechanism and Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) and outline how the policies will "evolve" to meet targets under ...

Diversity Council Australia explores "double jeopardy" facing culturally diverse women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... now. They're seeing it as a business benefit and not just a way of managing risk, and setting targets and having an action plan in place." These are actions that need to permeate the organisational structure, and board members have a role to play as ...