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ANZ leads issuance of US$50m gender-lens bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... market that is facing concerns over rising impact-washing." The transaction complies with ICMA Sustainability Bond Guidelines, ASEAN Capital Markets Forum's Social Bond Standards and UN SDG Impact Standards. It also complies with the Orange Bond ...

Podcast: Inclusive product design with Amarachi Seery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... 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 that are associated with corruption or doing business ...

Westpac sets 2030 net zero commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... exit financing of thermal coal by 2030, and has updated their thermal coal mining definition to align with the NZBA guidelines for thermal coal. The new NZBA-aligned definition applies to companies where more than 5% of revenue comes directly from thermal ...

Emerging markets improving on ESG: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... survey of 77 emerging markets investors, about 85% of investors "either pay attention to ESG or adhere to strong ESG guidelines" and 30% are "adhering to strong ESG Guidelines," up from 21% in 2021. Fifteen percent either pays little attention to ESG ...

Australian Shareholders' Association issues net zero policy for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... to us, we had a working group to develop it, and its' great to see. "We've always had elements of ESG in our guidelines as such in the context of discussing the risks of not managing material ESG issues appropriately, but this is our first policy ...

Using data, reporting to fill in the steps to net zero 2050: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... investors is that data and disclosure from companies is still evolving, although Bennett said that the uptake of the TCFD guidelines and the work to create common financial reporting standards via SASB will help. "Outside of reporting, the next issue ...

Accountants to play central role in ESG developments: CPA Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... propel stronger government action on climate change." The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines are increasingly embedded as the default climate and emission reporting mechanism, and CPA Australia expects to see further ...

Leadership essential in implementing ESG: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... financial institutions manage the financial risks of climate change at the end of November. This came on top of existing guidelines to disclose such risks, and although both sets of guidelines are not mandatory, we expect this to change in the near future ...

Investor toolkit to assist in engaging on Indigenous cultural heritage protection

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... that was practical." In addition to working to develop this toolkit, abrdn has also developed and evolved its internal guidelines and research on corporate risk, human rights and cultural heritage of First Nations peoples, Welsh-Rose said. "In terms ...

SGX proposes mandatory TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... The Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) has proposed making the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines mandatory for all entities listed on the exchange. The Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) is also proposing enhancements ...