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Global managers drop out, scale back on Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... longer participate in Climate Action 100+ engagements." State Street Global Advisors declined to comment to FS Sustainability. In Australia, Climate Action 100+ is run by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), which confirmed that none of the three ...

Final text of EU ESG laws released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... trade on the EU market. The regulations hope to increase transparency, prevent greenwashing, drive investment into sustainability products, and help businesses in the region meet the Paris Agreement. It also includes an amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 ...

China stock exchange rings in Year of the Dragon with ESG mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The Chinese stock exchange will mandate a "double materiality" approach to sustainability reporting, covering governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets. As the region celebrates the Lunar New Year, mainland China's three main stock ...

Amazon's Queensland operations to run off solar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... generated by the project will be sold into the grid via power purchase agreement (PPA). A spokesperson told FS Sustainability that the company has entered in corporate PPAs in order to supply energy to the grid. "Amazon is using innovative approaches ...

Rest selects Dasseti for ESG due diligence digitisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... modern slavery and the likely implementation of mandatory finance-related climate disclosures via the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS).

Podcast: Climate and cyber and nature, oh my - Julia Leske

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
We're well into the beginning of 2024, so it's a good time to look back at what happened in sustainability in 2023 and what the big events and trends will be this year. Joining us for this conversation is Julia Leske, senior consultant ESG strategy ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... climate-related financial disclosure legislation mooted that would bring in the Australian version of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) framework. Georgeson advises companies to familiarise themselves with the new standards even ...

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... investors see modern slavery as an investment risk," RIAA head of policy and advocacy Nayanisha Samarakoon told FS Sustainability. "A business model that relies on underpaid workers, weak regulation or illegal activities like modern slavery will not ...

ESG skills in hot demand in risk, compliance hiring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... especially, again, with mandatory climate-related disclosures, but a lot of demand for a broader skill set on the sustainability side, including policy roles, stewardship roles as well as in the due diligence, risk and compliance side." Kaizen pointed ...

Rest increases impact investment with Cibus fund allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... allocation to impact investments across its total portfolio by 2026, said Rest head of responsible investment and sustainability Leilani Weier. "As a super fund representing one in five young Australians, we believe impact investing represents a powerful ...