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RBA, APRA outline COP26 commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Prudential Practice Guide CPG 229 Climate Change Financial Risks (CPG 229), designed to assist banks, insurers and superannuation funds in managing climate-related risks and opportunities as part of their existing risk management and governance frameworks. ...

Companies fall short on net zero commitments: ClimateWorks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Lendlease, Australia Post, ENGIE, Wesfarmers, BlueScope, Stockland, Coles, Woolworths, EnergyAustralia and six superannuation funds were found to have commitments in line with at least two principles. "There has been a lot of net zero commitments that ...

HESTA CEO joins corporate governance board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... president of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and is on the Board of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Blakey is also a Workplace Gender Equality Agency Pay Equity Ambassador.

Governance Institute taps former ASFA CEO for role as chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Pauline Vamos as chair. Vamos is a former senior regulator with ASIC and former CEO of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) as well as a non-executive director, lawyer and governance expert. Chair of the Independent Governance ...

Net zero: How to separate truth from marketing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... backed by real plans and which are just talk. As reported by Financial Standard from the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) senior analyst, ESG Jodie Barnes broke down the response ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... final close of a private equity impact fund that raised $280 million from investors, including Australian superannuation funds. The NB Private Equity Impact Fund invests in direct and fund investments that seek to achieve positive social and environmental ...

Brokers recognised for excellence in ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... are supported by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and is an initiative comprising superannuation funds, fund managers and asset consultants with the single objective of increasing the quantity and quality of ESG broker research ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... relationship with us as the super funds." The government is proposing to reform proxy voting by requiring superannuation funds to disclose more detailed information related to voting policies and/or by requiring proxy advisers to be meaningfully independent ...

APRA emphasises "compounding effect" of climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Prudential Practice Guide CPG 229 Climate Change Financial Risks (CPG 229), designed to assist banks, insurers and superannuation funds in managing climate-related risks and opportunities as part of their existing risk management and governance frameworks. ...

Corporate super fund sets net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... largest greenhouse gas emitters have a long way to go on delivering on net-zero emissions promises. A number of superannuation funds have set net zero targets, including the $12.8 billion NGS Super, which has set a target of carbon neutrality by 2030 ...