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Kiwi energy broker sparks interest across the pond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Shares settled at 218.60 GBX (£2.1860) at close of trade on 12th March, with a 23.22% increase over the past month to top the FTSE 250 index. This follows an annual adjusted profit before tax announcement of £271 million.

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... indices have responded to allegations they listed companies with links to the Myanmar military junta. The indices, MSCI, FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones, were used by BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust, State Street and Vanguard to model ESG-labelled ...

ISSB publishes jurisdictional guide, seeks experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... general-purpose financial reports. Fund managers welcome ISSB's progress on sustainability standards. Fiona Basset, CEO of FTSE Russell, said the work of the ISSB will help financiers make better informed decisions to allocate capital. "Markets need ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... definitions around climate and transition, noted Tony Campos, head of sustainable investment, Index Investments Group at FTSE Russell. To help answer that challenge, FTSE Russell has partnered with the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) to develop a ...

Asia ahead in Science Based Targets race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... capitalisation (34%) had set or committed to setting science-based targets. 69% of companies on the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) and 42% of S&P companies had set science-based targets. As of July 2022, the SBTi now requires 1.5ºC alignment ...

Just 5% of global emissions covered by corporate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... nearly 10,000 companies that included emissions values in their disclosures, covering 16% of global emissions. Over 91% of FTSE 100 and 80% of the S&P 500 companies are now included. The non-profit found only 60% of disclosing companies have emissions ...

Low carbon APAC ETF lists on SGX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
A low carbon ETF focusing on developed and emerging markets in Asia Pacific has listed on the SGX. The CSOP CGS-CIMB FTSE Asia Pacific Low Carbon Index ETF launched with assets under management of S$150 million at launch. With this launch, the total ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... firms do not have a single woman on the boards, of which three have never appointed a female director. Overseas, the UK's FTSE 100 is inching towards to the gender balance target of 40%, up from 36.2% at the beginning of 2021, according to the 30% ...

ASX companies in SSGA's sights over climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has informed ASX-listed companies that they expect companies to make climate-related disclosures in line with the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework, or face votes against directors. ...

New Forests hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability and created a new impact and advocacy business unit. Jo Saleeba joins as head of sustainability, after a short stint at FTSE Russell. She was the inaugural CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Australia and New Zealand and ...
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