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How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... and the Davos Manifesto. The Australian Government has demonstrated leadership in forming the Social Impact Investing Taskforce. The Taskforce is responsible for developing a strategy to facilitate private capital investment in impact investing, among ...

Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... that when the case was first announced in 2014, it was prior to the Paris Agreement, prior to the development of the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and, in Australia, prior to developments including the Hutley opinion and ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... taken in other areas -Westpac has a certified Green Tailored Deposit. It is reporting against the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD). It has, in past, issued climate bonds to finance the transition to a low-carbon ...

ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... ASIC this week released Director and officer oversight of non financial risk, published by the Corporate Governance Taskforce. In the report, ASIC urges companies to apply a "greater focus and sense of urgency to the oversight and management of non-financial ...

Put climate resilience at the core of business strategy: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... that there was a sentiment of the "end of the beginning" when it came to business integration of frameworks like the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), science-based targets and other frameworks. "Australia's response to climate ...

Climate change impacts "top of mind" for investors: Nuveen Real Estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... maximum value at risk from all physical risks over the next decade. Nuveen and its parent company are signatories to the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and Nuveen is currently reviewing its reporting to assure that their reporting ...

Investment in climate-related opportunities grow: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... uncoordinated and ad hoc policy response," she said. Over 80% of investors are actively considering reporting under the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. "The widespread adoption of the final recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related ...

Consultation paper seeks comment on disclosure of SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... is that companies that use a number of reporting guidelines, including Integrated Reporting, the GRI Standards, the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures guidelines," Adams said. "That's quite a lot of work in itself, and how do you align ...

Companies increase ESG reporting, but "glaring gaps" remain: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... ESG report also looked into climate risk-related disclosures, find that the number of companies reporting against the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework has doubled in 12 months, with over a quarter of ASX200 companies now committed ...

Regnan reports depth, impact of engagement in 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... engaging with companies is purposeful." Turning to individual issues, Regnan noted that 47 engagements discussed the Taskforce for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures on climate risk, and that Regnan has commenced formal engagements around the compliance ...